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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf trump is not found guilty this time around then there is no justice. The GOP is a failure!
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If trump is not found guilty this time around then there is no justice. The GOP is a failure! (Original Post)
akbacchus_BC
Feb 2021
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handmade34
(23,955 posts)1. so much
for the Republicans' "we are a nation of laws" if they choose to acquit
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)2. The GQP has not brought any socially redeeming qualities to politics for the last 50 years.
It's way past time for them to go...
apnu
(8,790 posts)3. Prepare yourself, Trump will be acquitted.
You need 2/3 of the Senate to convict. That means 67 Senators. I don't think there are 17 Republicans who will vote to convict. Less than ten, my guess is 6 or 7.
Trump will be acquitted. But the Republican Senators, just like the Representatives in the House, will be on record being for insurrection and sedition. They will have to defend that to constituents.
I hope the Democratic Party and its allies exploit this in every state in every election in 2022.
