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11. Where are we going to get 20 Republican Senators to vote to convict?

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 07:32 PM

Dec 2018

Here's the road map. We need to ratchet up the pressure, and keep talking up impeachment and removal from office. Even the most craven Republican Senator will think twice if it looks like he's going to lose his next electoral go-round.

We will need to take a page from the Republican playbook and overcome our own reticence to repeat ourselves. Republicans rally public opinion to their cause by hitting the same talking points over and over. After awhile, even the lowest information voters can recite Republican talking points: It's drilled into them like a nursery rhyme. We need to hit "impeachable offenses" with the same relentless frequency that Republicans use for "tax and spend" or "liberal media." Put the Republicans on the hot seat, and let them try to explain why the naked lawlessness of the Trump administration isn't what it looks like.

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Republicans bailing.... [View all] pbmus Dec 2018 OP

An excellent analysis by Ms. Sterk. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #1

I just wonder how late it is to mount a primary challenge Renew Deal Dec 2018 #2

Exactly! They could give a damn about anything else than their self-survival. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2018 #3

mmm hmm...the rats are starting to think about jumping over the gunwales as the ship starts sinking anarch Dec 2018 #4

What's wonderful about this is that if they try to gut Trump, they'll lose OnDoutside Dec 2018 #5

They'll grouse about it, but they'll still be prodded by their media... VOX Dec 2018 #18

Definitely. Even when the bottom really falls out of their support from quasi-rational Republican OnDoutside Dec 2018 #19

They've been fed too much red meat; they'll have withdrawal symptoms going with chicken or fish. VOX Dec 2018 #39

republicans can thank rush more than anyone for this - he pushed him thru the primaries to beat certainot Dec 2018 #25

"global warming denial alone should be enough of a reason" VOX Dec 2018 #38

The irony is the User in Chief doesn't know he's being used. nolabear Dec 2018 #6

Nice image but I'm not sure it's his leg. Poor donnie boy - just don't get no respect. erronis Dec 2018 #13

I'll believe it when it's signed, sealed & delivered. spanone Dec 2018 #7

Oh, oh now they're willing to get onboard that Individual-1 is a traitor. ffr Dec 2018 #8

I expect support for Trump to start to peel off in earnest once the public hearings start YessirAtsaFact Dec 2018 #9

I hope they regret supporting tiny hands till the day they die. Cousin Dupree Dec 2018 #10

I'm sure many of them have feathered their nests with tax-free gifts from donors erronis Dec 2018 #14

Where are we going to get 20 Republican Senators to vote to convict? gratuitous Dec 2018 #11

truth! Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #12

+1 ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #15

Agreed, we need to get good at messaging and the rethuglicans are good at it with the complicity c-rational Dec 2018 #21

This is so key. If only Beto would put a load of his extra $ into that. JudyM Dec 2018 #33

When Presidential approval hits 30% they will fight each other to get in line grantcart Dec 2018 #22

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2018 #30

They're still just DISCUSSING it? But I understand. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #16

I think republicans are very patriotic elmac Dec 2018 #17

. dalton99a Dec 2018 #20

Oh no you didn't! lindysalsagal Dec 2018 #34

Believe nothing about the current GOP crop of measly minded Enoki33 Dec 2018 #23

Yup. old guy Dec 2018 #24

even then don't believe it until two weeks AFTER it happens. Afromania Dec 2018 #26

They (repugs) care about two things...their own pockets and their own ass. Ferrets are Cool Dec 2018 #27

God I love that pick of McTurtle ZeroSomeBrains Dec 2018 #28

Will he listen if they go to him and have a "Nixon Chat"? scarytomcat Dec 2018 #29

They're all despicable Apollyonus Dec 2018 #31

Screw them all! budkin Dec 2018 #32

Pence must go down, too. klook Dec 2018 #35

GOP is the party of greedy bigoted traitors. lpbk2713 Dec 2018 #36

They have to tread lightly, as Trump's approval rating among Republicans remains sky high. Garrett78 Dec 2018 #37