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125. Thanks for posting the link. I will check it out.

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What 20 (or more) GOP Senators will vote to remove Trump from office? [View all] Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 OP

Groan. OnDoutside Dec 2018 #1

Yes Reality makes some groan. nt Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #2

How about you lead off with your list ? Y'know, pour encouragez les autres. OnDoutside Dec 2018 #3

...s'il vous plait. jberryhill Dec 2018 #6

Et apres, moelleaux au chocolat....yum OnDoutside Dec 2018 #8

That's the point. Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #7

Not "who they are" but "who they will turn out to be" jberryhill Dec 2018 #12

And you really think there are 20 Republicans who Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #14

When the time comes, it won't even require integrity jberryhill Dec 2018 #15

Dude, you've got a fucked up dog! nt Codeine Dec 2018 #22

Yeah, but... jberryhill Dec 2018 #27

Fear? Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #32

I have no possible candidates but I imagine it would take ones who are intelligent enough to see the alwaysinasnit Dec 2018 #4

This is my problem as well. Can't think of one GOPer that fits the bill, today. susanna Dec 2018 #120

Thanks for posting the link. I will check it out. alwaysinasnit Dec 2018 #125

Zero of them. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #5

With out 67 votes in the Senate it is a useless exercise Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #9

No it would not be useless. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #47

With out a conviction Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #48

Nope. The evidence would be public. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #49

That doesn't require an impeachment dansolo Dec 2018 #52

Regular hearings can be obstructed. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #57

And a GOP majority in the Senate can Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #58

No - an impeachment investigation in the House Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #75

Yes have hearings in the House for the next year Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #82

You're absolutely right on this. Impeachment should be the 1st order of business. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2018 #110

Why would he win? treestar Dec 2018 #51

Yes Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #59

but won't the Dems be called weak treestar Dec 2018 #71

By whom? Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #74

If it's to happen, it will involve at-risk Senators up for re-election . . . Journeyman Dec 2018 #10

There are only 21 GOP Senators up for re-election in 2020 Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #13

And how many up in 2022, who will be looking beyond the 2020 election? . . . Journeyman Dec 2018 #20

By 22 it will be forgotten. Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #34

Get them on the record. Let them try to defend their acquittal votes. scheming daemons Dec 2018 #80

And what good is that if Trump wins re-election Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #83

Totally clears the President. Thank you! XRubicon Dec 2018 #11

Arlen Specter, Howard Baker, Pete Dominici, Jim Jeffords Bleacher Creature Dec 2018 #16

Metzenbaum was not a Republican Polybius Dec 2018 #30

Sorry, you're right. I was thinking Baker and wrote Metzenbaum. Bleacher Creature Dec 2018 #31

No problem Polybius Dec 2018 #33

Good one. Bleacher Creature Dec 2018 #39

Let's Face It, There Aren't 20 Republican Senators with the Ethics to Vote for Impeachment dlk Dec 2018 #17

Almost all GOPers will encourage trump to resign when trump supporters Hoyt Dec 2018 #18

Yes that's the key FakeNoose Dec 2018 #100

I'll start Sedona Dec 2018 #19

Kennedy is another possibe vote. Even someone like Ernst. It really comes down to the evidence... Tom Rinaldo Dec 2018 #29

Joni enid602 Dec 2018 #37

Not terribly familiar with Kennedy TheFarseer Dec 2018 #63

Based on what? Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #35

Just my hunch, nothing more. Sedona Dec 2018 #38

Just getting 10 Republicans will make Trump look bad and other Republicans look like they are puttin Quixote1818 Dec 2018 #44

could pence cast a deciding vote to make himself president, Liberty Belle Dec 2018 #55

If there is real evidence of Sgent Dec 2018 #64

Impeachment is not a useless exercise. strongermessage Dec 2018 #21

+1000. Plus, it allows for investigations, hearings, testimony, and unearthing 45's business secrets lindysalsagal Dec 2018 #23

It is.... Xolodno Dec 2018 #106

if the evidence is tight enough the vote to remove will be in the 80s 0rganism Dec 2018 #24

You really think GOP Senators has that much integrity? Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #36

don't know if i'd call it "integrity", per se 0rganism Dec 2018 #41

The evidence about climate change is increasingly irrefutable Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #42

"they" are a fading minority segment of the population 0rganism Dec 2018 #45

They still control the Senate Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #46

Zero as of today. No sense to predict a what if scenario beachbum bob Dec 2018 #25

Lamar Alexander- he's very old and likely not running- plus he's in Howard Baker's seat redstateblues Dec 2018 #26

So here is how it could work. Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2018 #28

None of them. roamer65 Dec 2018 #40

Susan Collins - on twenty COLGATE4 Dec 2018 #43

IMO this skips over the fact that by the end of the hearings treestar Dec 2018 #50

You're making the assumption Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #60

why not? treestar Dec 2018 #69

If they had any integrity or honor Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #73

Because if they did Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #113

This doesn't require any integrity YessirAtsaFact Dec 2018 #109

Your making the assumption that Sgent Dec 2018 #65

Good point Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #68

Wouldn't there be tremendous pressure on him? treestar Dec 2018 #70

Maybe The OP Author's Question is Premature - Maybe There are More Important Questions to Start With DDySiegs Dec 2018 #53

You put too much faith in Republicans Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #61

Impeachment is a pointless exercise, no way the senate will convict. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2018 #54

Exactly Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #62

Could not disagree with you more hueymahl Dec 2018 #89

How many will be indicted for their crimes? That's an unknown. shraby Dec 2018 #56

Susan Collins will express concern Retrograde Dec 2018 #66

They will take that dare Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #67

They won't remove him, I honestly think we'll be stuck with him until 2020. Luciferous Dec 2018 #72

Irrelevant, fatalistic question hueymahl Dec 2018 #76

There will never be 20 GOP votes in the Senate. Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #84

Doesn't matter hueymahl Dec 2018 #87

The point is Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #90

And that is where you and I disagree hueymahl Dec 2018 #93

It is useless Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #95

Like I said, that is where we disagree hueymahl Dec 2018 #96

It will Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #98

You seem to be stuck on the idea that impeachment means a Trump win. Qutzupalotl Dec 2018 #108

No I'm basing on the actions and additudes of GOP Senators Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #112

We should definitely wait for Mueller to report or finish Qutzupalotl Dec 2018 #116

No it enrages the left Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #117

That depends on what Mueller finds, doesn't it? Qutzupalotl Dec 2018 #118

Maybe Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #119

I didn't say everyone, and we don't need everyone. Qutzupalotl Dec 2018 #121

True Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #122

True, and I'm not. Qutzupalotl Dec 2018 #123

Wait for the Mueller Report. They can avoid taking this seriously until then. PubliusEnigma Dec 2018 #77

The 1st 20 who don't want this jammed up their nose: Ponietz Dec 2018 #78

Do you really think they care? Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #85

Perhaps a couple but, on the whole, I think they are rats infected with greed and hate. Ponietz Dec 2018 #99

I agree Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #104

22 Republican Senators are up or re-election in 2020. Get them on the record. scheming daemons Dec 2018 #79

Most are in deep red states Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #86

We thought Arizona was a deep red state a few short years ago. scheming daemons Dec 2018 #92

But not all Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #94

What is the relevant point of asking for prophecy? Thanks. LanternWaste Dec 2018 #81

LOL hueymahl Dec 2018 #88

The point is Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #91

The Ambitious, the Pontificant, or Both JCMach1 Dec 2018 #97

And the rationale Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #102

Ambition cleans even the brownest of noses JCMach1 Dec 2018 #111

Maybe Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #114

0% orangecrush Dec 2018 #101

You will need 21, Joe Manchin won't vote for it. nt doc03 Dec 2018 #103

Good point Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #105

It will be closer to +40 aeromanKC Dec 2018 #107

In a perfect world yes Trumpocalypse Dec 2018 #115

It's not going to happen until more comes out during 2019 NewJeffCT Dec 2018 #124

Currently, none. WeekiWater Dec 2018 #126