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struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
Sat Feb 6, 2021, 04:39 PM Feb 2021

America needs the impeachment trial

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN Political Analyst
Updated 3:15 PM ET, Sat February 6, 2021

... Beyond voting to convict, the Senate has the option of voting to prohibit Trump from holding federal office in the future. If Republicans want to show that they are interested in "purging" Trumpism from the GOP, this would be an essential first step ...

... our political processes have been under strain ... Trump exploited the problems and dysfunction that were already plaguing national politics. In doing so, he pushed our democratic system to the brink. The way he used presidential power .. was dangerous ...

Americans are faced with the task of repairing our democracy .. If the Trump presidency taught us one thing, it was how destabilizing our politics can become .. when Presidents refuse to abide by ... norms...

When the system of checks and balances is overwhelmed by partisan interest, we have a major problem ... Through Twitter and rallies, the former President filled our airwaves with lies about voter fraud and spurious claims of his victory. This .. extraordinarily dangerous use of the bully pulpit .. aimed to do nothing less than overturn the legitimate results of an election ...

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/06/opinions/impeachment-whats-at-stake-zelizer/index.html

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America needs the impeachment trial (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2021 OP
We do. Solly Mack Feb 2021 #1
Great OP Ed, and I agree: We need the trial regardless of the failure. lindysalsagal Feb 2021 #2
GOP Squirmfest. oasis Feb 2021 #3
Republican Senators can stick their heads in the sand all they like. crickets Feb 2021 #4

lindysalsagal

(20,434 posts)
2. Great OP Ed, and I agree: We need the trial regardless of the failure.
Sat Feb 6, 2021, 05:17 PM
Feb 2021

They have to be put on record, if nothing else. The house has to have done their oversight duty.

crickets

(25,896 posts)
4. Republican Senators can stick their heads in the sand all they like.
Sat Feb 6, 2021, 06:42 PM
Feb 2021

Most of the country and the rest of the world will see harsh reality. Refusing to vote to convict will brand them and their party through all history to follow as a pack of unprincipled cowards and fools.

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