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Are you noticing "impeachment/or hold impeachment hearings" is increasing (Original Post) BigmanPigman May 2019 OP
it seems to me to have entered the conventional wisdom mopinko May 2019 #1
I am noticing same-NPR also is reporting more seriously. delisen May 2019 #2
Yes, and Unindicted Co-Conspirator is getting crazier Cary May 2019 #3
BP, I think there is saidsimplesimon May 2019 #4
It's becoming normalized. nt greyl May 2019 #5
Absolutely! Slowly but surely the objections are falling away and... TreasonousBastard May 2019 #6
This is what Nancy meant by "self impeaching"...nt emmaverybo May 2019 #7
BREAKING:***Impeach Nixon 43% ... Impeach Trump 45%*** uponit7771 May 2019 #8

mopinko

(70,074 posts)
1. it seems to me to have entered the conventional wisdom
Fri May 10, 2019, 10:48 PM
May 2019

that he should be/could be impeached, and the only question now is will we do it.
now everyone is trying to game out the blowback and the risks. if people thought there would be none, we would be on the way. but everything has become so damned unpredictable that there needs to be complete certainty that it wont bite us in the ass.

quickly becoming- not if, when.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
3. Yes, and Unindicted Co-Conspirator is getting crazier
Fri May 10, 2019, 10:50 PM
May 2019

Sending his TV lawyer to the Ukraine to get them to investigate Biden's son?

Really?

And all of the anti-abortion stuff in red states. Insane.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
4. BP, I think there is
Fri May 10, 2019, 10:50 PM
May 2019

a telling silence. Since former VP Biden is our flag bearer, I suspect it's unlikely Democratic leadership will embrace impeachment. "Nothing to advance the cause, time to move on" and other familiar refrains to follow.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
6. Absolutely! Slowly but surely the objections are falling away and...
Fri May 10, 2019, 11:51 PM
May 2019

impeachment is becoming viable. We are close to the tipping point.

My guess is that there are furious backroom discussions and vote countings going on, and when enough Senators are reliably on board, the axe will fall.

Don't doubt for a minute that Senate Republicans with two brain cells or more are sick of Trump and just waiting to make sure their own seats aren't in danger.

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