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onit2day

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16. Disagree. Impeachment is to hold law breakers accountable proving we are

Reply to TomSlick (Reply #11)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 10:37 PM

Mar 2019

a nation of laws. Getting a conviction may be political but impeachment is a responsibility to uphold the law so future presidents will know they will be held accountable.

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When all is said and done, if Trump is not held to account [View all] TDale313 Mar 2019 OP

We are holding him to account by investigating him. Trump will not be impeached octoberlib Mar 2019 #1

Dot the "I"s and cross the "T"s. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2019 #2

But she didn't say let this play out... TDale313 Mar 2019 #3

She's right though. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2019 #8

But what she said was that Bettie Mar 2019 #9

the consequences are in election results . if people are really upset they would support Democrats JI7 Mar 2019 #4

Not enough. TDale313 Mar 2019 #5

no, we are here because people who support Bush/Cheney who are mostly white people continue JI7 Mar 2019 #6

No, I think both the people in power and their supporters TDale313 Mar 2019 #18

Yes!!!!!! McKim Mar 2019 #10

The people's impeachment and removal is coming. roamer65 Mar 2019 #7

As I heard the Speaker, she kept her options open. TomSlick Mar 2019 #11

ditto yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2019 #12

Disagree. Impeachment is to hold law breakers accountable proving we are onit2day Mar 2019 #16

Yes. TDale313 Mar 2019 #17

As folks say in my part of the country, the Speaker knows her okra. TomSlick Mar 2019 #13

Do they also say forget about it when Bush lied us into war, torture, etc? onit2day Mar 2019 #15

No. "Forget about it" isn't part of the argot in this part of the country. TomSlick Mar 2019 #19

Well said TDale. Pelosi did the same with Bush. Hold him accountable please onit2day Mar 2019 #14