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Aristus

(65,985 posts)
32. I'm not afraid of impeachment. I'm afraid of putting the cart before the horse.
Sun May 26, 2019, 05:22 PM
May 2019

We all know Trump has committed crimes. Even his most demented supporters know he has, and they don't care. What we need to do is prove those crimes before we ever start impeachment proceedings in the House. Let the impeachment proceedings be a mere formality.

Prior to that, let's have months of hearings. Subpoena everyone. Investigate everyone Trump ever spoke to, or was even in the same room with. Get his tax records. Find every former employee of his whose NDA has expired, and get them under oath. Get every current member of his adminstration on the record and under oath. Ask everything. Leave no stone unturned. Then bring them back a month later and ask the same questions again. If their answers change by so much as a syllable, threaten them with perjury charges. Then offer them a deal, or even immunity for evidence of Trump's culpability in anything, no matter how petty. Jaywalking, doing 45 in a 25 zone, spitting in the subway. Get Trump under oath to answer those charges, then hit him with the big guns; tax records, giving classified info to the Russians, violation of the emoluments clause. Hammer him until he wants to die.

Sentence him 'to the pain'.

By that time, Election Day 2020 will be looming, and Trump will have this massive millstone around his fat ugly neck for the whole event.

If we win in 2020, we can turn ex-President Trump over to the Southern District of New York for skinning, rendering, and butchering.

If Trump wins, but we take the Senate, vote on impeachment before he has a chance to plan his inauguration. We'd need 2/3rds of the Senate to vote, and we won't have enough Democrats to bring it. But we'll have a mountain of evidence from the hearings. Any repuke who balks will have every skeleton in his closet paraded around in public. Drop a neutron bomb on anyone who protects Trump.

Ladies and Gentlemen of Congress: Start the hearings!

All those in favor of impeachment say "aye"... AYE!!!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #1
I think they should delay just a bit more and then go for it. earthshine May 2019 #2
They aren't afraid of impeachment FBaggins May 2019 #3
Dems... myohmy2 May 2019 #4
That's not what history shows Nuggets May 2019 #13
How shocking that the public wasn't on the side of a murderer. shanny May 2019 #53
Shocking after public perception Nuggets May 2019 #58
Enforcing the constitutional balance of powers BlueWI May 2019 #23
We are NOT "looking weak." Why repeat lies Republicans and bots tell? We look great. Winning emmaverybo May 2019 #54
they believe the media spin about Clinton's approval ratings going up NewJeffCT May 2019 #5
If they impeach, the Senate will not convict, and Trump will spin it as another enough May 2019 #6
Bingo wryter2000 May 2019 #7
No party has every fared well in control post impeachment uponit7771 May 2019 #21
They would fare even worse wryter2000 May 2019 #25
Yep, I was for impeachment now until this point was made uponit7771 May 2019 #29
Thanks wryter2000 May 2019 #39
Trump will do this anyway Trump's irrational redactions is not a good reason to avoid impeachment uponit7771 May 2019 #20
That Isn't The Question Me. May 2019 #8
What you said. wryter2000 May 2019 #26
Thank You Me. May 2019 #28
Thank you StarfishSaver May 2019 #33
... Me. May 2019 #38
Exactly wryter2000 May 2019 #40
Please tell the author for me to drop dead. Hortensis May 2019 #9
Amen Nuggets May 2019 #14
Preach wryter2000 May 2019 #27
What a barbaric thing to say! earthshine May 2019 #34
The author of the article. These spins aren't innocent. Hortensis May 2019 #36
Post removed Post removed May 2019 #37
The Democrats aren't "scared of impeachment." They're just smart enough to do it right StarfishSaver May 2019 #10
This loyalsister May 2019 #11
Impulsivity, hysteria, impatience and the need to complain. Perfect storm when lack of political emmaverybo May 2019 #55
Without 20 GOP senate votes, impeachment is meaningless Gothmog May 2019 #12
This is historically false, the party of the impeached has never controlled anything post impeachmen uponit7771 May 2019 #19
I trust Speaker Pelosi Gothmog May 2019 #46
I'm not for impeaching red don now, just making sure it's known that there's few to no political ... uponit7771 May 2019 #48
Proceedings will reveal CRIMINALITY. Kid Berwyn May 2019 #15
Your aspirations do not match reality. Jakes Progress May 2019 #17
Televised impeachment hearings would unite the nation. Kid Berwyn May 2019 #24
Ahhh. Idealism. Jakes Progress May 2019 #43
No one is above the law. Kid Berwyn May 2019 #44
Again. You show a naive trust in republicans. Jakes Progress May 2019 #59
Aspirations of a free and fair election in 2020 don't match reality either. I don't believe for ... uponit7771 May 2019 #49
Oh, he will. He already is Jakes Progress May 2019 #60
Jumping the gun. ProudLib72 May 2019 #16
Inherent contempt is already in process. StarfishSaver May 2019 #22
Thanks. That's an excellent writeup! ProudLib72 May 2019 #30
House Democrats are carefully building their case on the subpoenas Gothmog May 2019 #47
There are few if any good political reasons against impeachment vote or process other uponit7771 May 2019 #18
If he is not impeached it will then be ok from doc03 May 2019 #31
I'm not afraid of impeachment. I'm afraid of putting the cart before the horse. Aristus May 2019 #32
I don't ever want you angry with me wryter2000 May 2019 #41
Me? Aristus May 2019 #42
Thanks wryter2000 May 2019 #45
From your lips to the Lady's eyes. From your mouth to God's ears. Hekate May 2019 #57
We aren't. But we would like it to stick. Hekate May 2019 #35
Senate GOP vows to quickly quash any impeachment charges Gothmog May 2019 #50
All I can say is that wrong is wrong, and the repugs are condoning rump's behavior and ... SWBTATTReg May 2019 #51
They are not "scared". It is a debate still_one May 2019 #52
Google "Bill Clinton Impeachment Trial, 1998". Initech May 2019 #56
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