Republican House and Senators say they fear for their lives if they vote to impeach or convict.

[Augiedog]

Well guess what assholes, soldiers you send into combat, police officers you expect to protect you, firemen you expect to save you ....the list goes on and on...risk their lives every day. They don’t whine like a bunch of sniveling bedwetters about it.

They face it. YOU ran for the office you hold. YOU begged for money to get there. YOU told your constituents that you are the person for the job. YOU said you would be honorable. YOU took an oath to protect and defend the constitution. NO one dragged YOU out of your safe existence and forced you to be where you are now. YOU asked for this.

The founders of this nation, whom you so gleefully like to quote, pledged their lives and fortunes, full well knowing that failure to succeed in creating the nation YOU now represent, would be fatal.

If YOU are afraid your constituents will kill you maybe, just maybe, YOU have the wrong constituents. Go find some new ones and start over.

YOU disgust me!

[Wicked Blue]

1. +100 Thank you, Augiedog for spelling this out nt

[captain queeg]

2. This

[superpatriotman]

3. Lots of Dr. Frankenstein's

Screaming for help from lots of monsters.

[notinkansas]

4. Mike Pence is at the head of that group.

[Wounded Bear]

5. K&R...nt

[Miguelito Loveless]

6. Well, that should be CLUE #1

that you are doing the bidding of bad guys. Good guys who disagree with you just threaten to not vote for you. They don't threaten to murder you and your family.

[orwell]

7. But it's okay...

...if Democrats die right? Remember the Governor Whitmer plot?

Do your damn job and remove this menace to society!

[vishnura]

8. Don't run. Dance to the music you wrote.

[The Blue Flower]

9. Doing the will of terrorists under the threat of violence

I'm only surprised that they say it out loud.

[KS Toronado]

59. You summed that up very nicely in a nutshell.....

I'm scared to DEATH of my voters, but DEATH is OK for Democrats.

[Lokee11]

61. Right - +1

FDT!

[SheltieLover]

10. They enabled this pos & refused to remove him the 1st time!

Disgusting cowards!!!!

Resign! In shame!

[AnnaLee]

11. Perhaps the oath of office needs revision.

Perhaps the oath needs to make it clear what the oath itself means. If they can't protect and preserve, step aside, someone else might be willing.

[still_one]

12. and that is the very reason you should vote to impeach

[C_U_L8R]

13. Many are already fearing for their lives.

These cowards need to find some backbone and integrity. At least stand up for the country.

[Happy Hoosier]

14. Then they should resign.

If they cannot fulfill their duties, or refuse to.... RESIGN.

[moonscape]

15. Plus, um, you all enabled him. But if you

really need courage, become a democrat. We snowflakes seem to have lots of it. You’re welcome.

[volstork]

16. JFK Inauguration clip illustrates what's at play here:

[liberalmuse]

17. Well, Democrats already have to worry about their safety.

And they’ve had to since Trump stirred up his MAGA mob years ago. Cowards! At least Democrats do the right thing in spite of being worried for their lives and their families lives every day.

[dv421]

27. I was thinking the same thing

why don't you p*&&ys go talk to AOC and other members of the squad to see what they deal with on a daily basis due to your fool leader.

[central scrutinizer]

38. And before

Think Gabby Giffords.

[dhill926]

57. exactly right...

[SamKnause]

18. Good, I hope they are terrified.

They are my enemies.

They are enemies of my country.

Maybe you should stop sucking up to insane people to get their votes.

You deserve everything coming your way.

Fuck you, and fuck your phony unity.

[NNadir]

19. It's understandable. They've always been self serving cowards.

[Chainfire]

20. It they can't stand the heat

they need to get the hell out of the kitchen. Trump has a favorite word for them.

They want to be leaders, for heaven's sakes LEAD or get out of the way. Our founding fathers risked the wrath of the most powerful king and army on the face of the earth to bring us our nation. If they can't do what they know is the right thing, then they need to resign.

[DFW]

21. According to Republican history books.............

Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty, or give me a room at the nearest Holiday Inn!"

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

68. Ha!

[marmar]

22. Isn't this the "we don't negotiate with terrorists" crowd?

I guess that doesn't apply when they look like you.

[Pachamama]

29. +100000

Yes - that is the very same

[Hotler]

23. .....

[Flaleftist]

24. !!!!

[ecstatic]

25. That's a good reason to resign. That means you're compromised!

Why would a compromised person be serving in the US Congress or Senate?

[Iliyah]

26. Who knew . .

republicans are afraid of their own cult.

[bdamomma]

47. they (the party of tRump) continue to

be the cowards that they are, they run away from their constituents, they never hold town halls. Maybe not so relevant to say this now.

[Pachamama]

28. Damned if you do...even more damned if you don't...

Those cowardly disgusting Republicans that enabled and failed to stop this psychopath and what he has done to our Nation, created this and if they don’t do something now, they will be damned for eternity...

[OLDMDDEM]

30. So well stated. nt.

[LaMouffette]

31. Well put, Augiedog! The Repubs had the responsibility of EDUCATING their voters

and steering them away from the extreme far-right fringe movement by warning them of the barrage of propaganda coming at them from multiple sources, including Fox News, rightwing social media, rightwing talk radio, and above all else, Trump and his minions.

But they didn't. Because they calculated that it was in their best interest to have a radical, rightwing base that would pledge their undying support of Trump and Trump's enablers in Congress.

They threw their lot in with the arsonist that is Donald Trump, and now their own houses are on fire.

[KewlKat]

32. if they can't do their jobs, they should resign. Cowards one and all. What did they think their

oath meant?

[bdamomma]

43. Just plain cowards.

that is all they are, they want to see a minority ruin the government because of don the con lies.

They would be the 1st ones to bail out of this country, treasonous sedition bastards.

More innocent blood will be spilled. This has got to end.

[Zambero]

33. Harry Truman once said...

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen". It sounds as if their sworn oath to protect and defend the Constitution is a burden that they cannot possibly bear at this point. Country first MY ASS! OK then, they know how to exit the building. Just so they make a point to never return.

[apnu]

34. These assholes put a saddle on a tiger and rode it. Now they don't know how to get off.

Fuck them.

You are either for the rule of law and the Constitution or you are a tick on the ass of fascism.

Choose motherfuckers!

[lindysalsagal]

35. So, resign!

And go home.

[Klaralven]

36. "politics ain't beanbag,"

[Maeve]

37. They should fear for their souls and their honor if they don't. Wait...no souls, no honor.

[radius777]

39. Best response to bullies is to forcefully stand up to them.

Showing strength actually impresses them more than showing weakness, which only emboldens them.

McConnell has the right attitude on this, hopefully he follows through. Whatever Turtle is, he does get politics and knows the long term health of the GOP is not good, as each year passes. The post 2012 autopsy still holds true for their party. Trumpism represents the dying last gasp of white supremacist politics in America, not a beginning.

[exboyfil]

40. If he goes to jail, he is going to kill me

Judge:
Plead your client guilty on all counts, and when he gets out he won't remember his own name
And you find yourself another line of work.

[Wawannabe]

41. Righteous! Augiedog

[bdamomma]

42. did they ever hear

about doing the right thing, country above party???? Cowards all of them.

[LAS14]

44. Great OP! nt

[LuckyCharms]

45. Sounds to me like they cannot perform the duties as stated

in their oath. They therefore should be removed and replaced.

[malaise]

46. He nearly had them killed last Wednesday

although some of them were enemies inside

[Bernardo de La Paz]

48. White supremacists view democracy as greatest threat to their privilege. They are right. . . nt

[ResistantAmerican17]

49. Awwwwwww these Crayon eating idiots are reaping the whirlwind.

Fuck them one and all...sideways.

[orangecrush]

50. BULLSHIT

What a lame excuse.

[Piratedog]

51. They've coddled and enabled trump for 4 years. Time to pay the piper. Karma is a bitch.

Chickens home to roost. And any other euphemisms you can apply.

[cayugafalls]

52. Well said. Fuck Them All.

They all disgust me.

[BlueIdaho]

53. Uh - no.

But what say we test your theory...

[moondust]

54. More guns! More guns! More guns!

More guns! More guns! More guns! More guns! More guns!

Always the correct answer, right boys and girls?

[JHB]

55. Well, here's your big chance to prove how committed you are to unity.

Don't advise us to reach out. The ball's in your court.

That's why you shouldn't have turned your court into Thunderdome.

[twodogsbarking]

56. Interesting which "side"

they fear, eh.

[CaptainTruth]

58. Amen!

[lagomorph777]

60. If they vote to acquit, they are endangering themselves forever. Appeasement doesn't work.

[Orrex]

62. Then they must resign immediately

If they lack the courage to serve the best interests of the country, then they are actively working against the best interests of the country.

Republicans have more than been happy to service their far-right lunatic base; the consequences for fluffing those assholes are entirely the fault of the GOP.

[calimary]

63. OMG do I EVER want to kick this post!

[calimary]

64. Think I'll just do it again!

[calimary]

65. And AGAIN.

[Rebl2]

66. Do they

realize Democrats have feared this for years from republicans supporters!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

67. Lead

or get out of the way!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

69. Now they know how ALL Democratic public servants feel.

...........

I would prefer they find themselves a new profession.