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friend of m and j

(220 posts)
39. Do you want the American people to support the Dems. ?
Sun Apr 28, 2019, 12:53 AM
Apr 2019

I agree with all of you what a horrible person and a danger to our country. If Pelosii calls for a vote on impeachment next week and the House votes to impeach, what then? The Senate is not going to vote to convict Trump and the Articles of Impeachment become just a piece of paper.

The farmer in his field in Ohio or the waiter at the local diner doesn't know what the facts are that brought about the Impeachment. They may agree with the polls that show 57% of the public believe Trump lied about what's in the Mueler report, and they probably a big part of the 56% of the public don''t think the President should be impeached. They are the "silent majority".
And they are ignorant. Ignorant is not the same thing as stupid. They just have not been educated (about the facts set out in the Report).

Pelosi wants to educate them through hearings that are in process and are going to be on TV, radio, on the internet and every newspaper in the country. She is counting on that education to gain all the support she can to get Trump out of office through impeachment or the next election. (Impeachment will still be possible if the people can see how horrible and crooked Trump is and pressure 22 or so Senators to vote to impeach)

I think Trump will get us in a war, but not with foreign adversary. He will start a civil war or insurrection. Lets hope that enough of the citizenry will have been educated before that happens and a large majority (80 or 90%) will be on our side. That is the reason Nancy wants the facts revealed in a way that the facts thrown down the throats of the silent majority. Get the facts out in a way that the all of the citizenry will be aware of them. They will then be educated, not ignorant.

I wrote a piece a year so ago "From Democracy to Dictatorship". The administrators on DU sent it back to me and said they had elected not to publish it. Understandably because at that time everyone was underestimating how low Trump would stoop. Things have changed in a hurry. Now everyone is talking about Trump becoming a dictator. Lying, breaking laws, ignoring court orders, ordering subordinates to lie. When told by staff he would breaking the law his response has been "I don't care".
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Some excerpts from my article last year;
"if Democrats win the elections, “they will overturn everything that we’ve done and they’ll do it quickly and violently.” He has also said that if the Democrats impeach him there will be violence in the streets. More recently he has said he has the military, police across the country, and Trump motorcycle gangs - all of them very tough and if the deep state and Democrats attempt to remove him from office, "it wil bad, very bad, very bad".

All of the alt-right pundits, Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Lara Ingraham, Bill O'Rielly, and Roger Stone have all said we will have civil war. Roger Stone told the American public that if they didn't own a gun they needed to buy one, a semi-automatic, because we were going to have war "like we have never seen before". A conservative radio talk show host said he tells friends and family to do 2 things, vote and buy a gun. He and Alex Jones of "Info Wars" were seen at a gun range practicing "for what is to come".
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I wrote that article a long time before Trumps long time attorney and "fixer", Michel Cohen told the House Oversight Committee in his closing remarks "if the president doesn’t win re-election in 2020, there will not be a “peaceful transition of power.”


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Thank You Speaker Pelosi [View all] spanone Apr 2019 OP
I'm guessing that Trump did this on his own, watoos Apr 2019 #1
It was for applause. He couldn't care less about folks living or dying if he gets applause. spanone Apr 2019 #2
Someone threw a phone at him too oldsoftie Apr 2019 #23
So dangerous that impeachment proceedings can wait Fullduplexxx Apr 2019 #3
Right? Smh. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2019 #6
Yeah, really. triron Apr 2019 #16
Exactly. Infuriating. Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #25
This . . . Iliyah Apr 2019 #4
Consistently....for over 2 years no. Chin music Apr 2019 #26
Doesn't it make more sense at this point that weakening the US is the plan? rainin Apr 2019 #5
And now no one is willing to do anything about it? Very strange, indeed. triron Apr 2019 #17
It seems that part of the thing is to get us to do nothing and start focusing on an election Chin music Apr 2019 #27
He's a putin puppet and does his bidding BSdetect Apr 2019 #7
++++++++++++++++!!! 2naSalit Apr 2019 #13
Please do something about it Soxfan58 Apr 2019 #8
It's worse than frustration watoos Apr 2019 #9
I do. Chin music Apr 2019 #28
Not sure she can do anything Raven123 Apr 2019 #10
Congress has been out of session for two weeks...that's why they dropped the report when they did spanone Apr 2019 #14
Empty words. lindysalsagal Apr 2019 #11
Impeach, my lady. Don't rule out impeachment, Madame Speaker. calimary Apr 2019 #12
+1 n/t Laelth Apr 2019 #19
If Trump's actions as President so far do not merit impeachment, what does? Ligyron Apr 2019 #21
Abso.fuckin.lutely!! Duppers Apr 2019 #31
I agree 100% BigOleDummy Apr 2019 #24
And I will not, and do not, buy the argument that it will divide the country. calimary Apr 2019 #29
Very well said... BigOleDummy Apr 2019 #34
"if we let these criminals go without even TRYING to stop them" WyLoochka Apr 2019 #36
That's the question of the year, I think. calimary Apr 2019 #42
+100 Duppers Apr 2019 #30
Remedy notinkansas Apr 2019 #15
Hear! Hear! Laelth Apr 2019 #20
Yes. Thank you, Madam Speaker. n/t Laelth Apr 2019 #18
Recommended. H2O Man Apr 2019 #22
All the more reason to start formal impeachment investigation hearings NOW. nt SunSeeker Apr 2019 #32
So...when are we going to open impeachment proceedings? n/t PatrickforO Apr 2019 #33
So impeach him. orangecrush Apr 2019 #35
talk talk talk larwdem Apr 2019 #37
I will thank her when I see indictments, public hearings, Perseus Apr 2019 #38
Do you want the American people to support the Dems. ? friend of m and j Apr 2019 #39
But when? days go by and nothing happens Perseus Apr 2019 #40
Ooooooooh...womp! Those strong words are gonna scare the crap out of tRump! Go Nancy!! DontBooVote Apr 2019 #41
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