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In reply to the discussion: I'll be blunt. Democrats help "normalize" Trump if we wait for an election to hold him accountable [View all]gulliver
(13,245 posts)It won't. If we use the Constitution and our elected offices (but not our electoral power) to beat Trump over the head, the Constitution will break, and our offices will be disempowered. McConnell, through his theft of an Obama Supreme Court Seat, has shown everyone that he has no intention of letting a traditional subservience and loyalty to the Constitution get in the way of raw Republican power. He and his Republicans will turn the Constitution into mincemeat before they will let the Dems have the Presidency.
The way an impeachment happens is if we Dems are the ones browbeating the Republicans to join us in calling for it. When we are on the offense demanding that Republicans join us, that's when you know impeachment is possible. When the politics of the situation (not conscientious loyalty to the Constitution, which Republicans don't have) makes Republicans fear not joining us in impeachment, then we can defend the Constitution with impeachment. Not before. Republicans will show loyalty to the Constitution only as a last resort and if they are forced by their own self-interest.
It can start with an impeachment inquiry in the House, and that is by far the best approach. We are on track toward that with appearances by Mueller coming up. Those can motivate an inquiry. But we have a major fight on our hands rhetorically.
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