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CousinIT

(9,151 posts)
Sat May 13, 2017, 01:41 PM May 2017

There is ONE thing that will get a special prosecutor & impeachment....

MASSIVE.
PUBLIC .
OUTCRY.

That means calling your reps, going to their offices during recesses, going to town halls, going to protests and marches if you can - DEMANDING a special prosecutor. Any or all of the above - SUSTAINED for at least a month.

If an independent investigation is conducted, we KNOW there will be impeachment. This dirtbag Trump is as dirty as dirty gets - dirtiest of the worst dirtbags and he WILL go down if the facts are known and our laws are enforced.

If there is ANYONE ON THIS PLANET who needs to be shown IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT OUR LAWS DO IN FACT APPLY TO EVERYONE INCLUDING HIM - it's Donald J. Trump.

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Amaryllis

(9,523 posts)
5. Looking forward to more great protest signs. One of the small fun things resulting from this regime.
Sat May 13, 2017, 03:01 PM
May 2017

Squinch

(50,773 posts)
6. That and quality time with the family. In this age of frenzied schedules, we all make time for
Sat May 13, 2017, 03:04 PM
May 2017

the marches.



No kidding!

Steven Maurer

(455 posts)
7. "Outcry" will make no difference...
Sat May 13, 2017, 03:36 PM
May 2017

Republicans are used to outcry.

Only throwing Republicans out of office in 2018 will.

So get down to your local Democratic party and start planning now.

CousinIT

(9,151 posts)
8. I think it can make a difference...
Sat May 13, 2017, 03:43 PM
May 2017
The Constitution sets a high bar for impeachment and removal: the only grounds are treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors (meaning serious abuses of power). A president cannot be removed simply because people disagree with his policies.

Impeachment is also extremely cumbersome. It takes a majority vote in the House, and a trial and two-thirds vote in the Senate, to convict and remove a sitting president. This high bar means that Republicans will have to join with Democrats on impeachment. That bipartisanship can be reached — even in a Republican-controlled Congress — but only, as we saw with President Nixon, if the American people demand it.

An ‘overwhelming case’

It was the enormous public outcry for congressional action, after President Nixon ordered the special prosecutor investigating him to be fired, that triggered the Nixon impeachment proceedings. Even though President Nixon won his 1972 election in a landslide (unlike Donald Trump), public opinion shifted as evidence of his misdeeds grew.


- See more at: http://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/elizabeth-holtzman-trump-impeachment#sthash.nNVF9POx.dpuf

CousinIT

(9,151 posts)
10. Definitely. CALL them. VISIT their offices, GO to town halls, march, protest, support Dems, VOTE.
Sat May 13, 2017, 04:00 PM
May 2017

Beware though that gerrymandering and Trump's voter suppression-loving sphincter Kris Kobach may make it impossible for millions to vote and/or it will take 3-4 Dem votes to equal one Republican one due to gerrymandering.

This is why RAISING HELL on the phones, via email, at town halls, and protesting before election day is also important.

 

NCDem777

(458 posts)
14. Impeachment will never happen
Sat May 13, 2017, 05:01 PM
May 2017

Honestly, Dems need to actually stop worrying about trying to get Trump impeached. The GOP ain't gonna do it. And if we're being honest, the Dems won't either.

They know that if impeachment process even started, the Trumpkins would burn the country to the ground.

What we should do is actually get good candidates to run against him in 2020. And run on a message besides not being Trump. Didn't work last time.

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