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newdayneeded

(1,955 posts)
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 12:08 PM Jun 2022

Possible J6 outcome

Last edited Sun Jun 19, 2022, 01:00 PM - Edit history (1)

I wonder if McConnell will offer up a binding resolution in the senate to ban donny from running for any elected office again in exchange to make all the J6 just go away.

Would you accept it? In reality, I probably would. Just to finally forget about trump. To see him not have any chance to sit in the oval office would be a huge relief.

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Possible J6 outcome (Original Post) newdayneeded Jun 2022 OP
No, Not Gonna Happen SoCalDavidS Jun 2022 #1
Seems like that wouldn't survive in the courts. CincyDem Jun 2022 #2
That's not a thing. tritsofme Jun 2022 #3
Yes, I'd accept it because of the difficulty in proving the charges they would bring. LAS14 Jun 2022 #4
McConnell had his chance during the 2nd impeachment FakeNoose Jun 2022 #5
Nope. SoonerPride Jun 2022 #6
Too late for that. Cat is out of the bag. LuckyCharms Jun 2022 #7
I think he might give up Trump if Cruz and Hawley go free. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #8

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
1. No, Not Gonna Happen
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 12:13 PM
Jun 2022

They had their chance to ban him during the Impeachment.

Despite what anybody says, Turtle would be perfectly happy having TFG as President again. He simply wants a repub in that position, and TFG is the party favorite.

CincyDem

(6,357 posts)
2. Seems like that wouldn't survive in the courts.
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 12:14 PM
Jun 2022

Certainly if he’s convicted of something, he could be disqualified. But it feels like a dangerous precedent to allow either the senate or house to simply disqualify a person from office “because”. If allowed, what would stop Mitch from voting to bar…say Kamala Harris or Pete B or John Doe (D-anywhere) from running.

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
4. Yes, I'd accept it because of the difficulty in proving the charges they would bring.
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 12:21 PM
Jun 2022

There's difficulty proving them because they require knowledge on the part of the perpetrator that what he was doing was wrong. "He was out of touch with reality," say some of his staff. And there you go. Reasonable doubt that he understood what he was doing was wrong. What about all those advisors? Well, he chose to believe Eastman and Giulianni. Pound a jury with "reasonable doubt." Would you like to see him brought to trial and acquited?

FakeNoose

(32,638 posts)
5. McConnell had his chance during the 2nd impeachment
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 12:28 PM
Jun 2022

He could have ended Chump's political career for good... but he chickened out.

LuckyCharms

(17,425 posts)
7. Too late for that. Cat is out of the bag.
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 12:35 PM
Jun 2022

Most here will disagree with me, but I think the DOJ will be giving tfg a molten lava enema.

Irish_Dem

(47,036 posts)
8. I think he might give up Trump if Cruz and Hawley go free.
Sun Jun 19, 2022, 12:59 PM
Jun 2022

I feel certain these kind of negotiations are underway now.

McConnell will be hell bent on retaining his majority.

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