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In reply to the discussion: Do you actually know any Dem who'll be so angry if Trump isn't impeached, they won't vote next year? [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)inexperienced, voters, why not try to help them understand the complete lack of logic of not voting against Trump next year because the House didn't impeach him this fall - especially since impeachment isn't going to remove him from office anyway?
Why not explain to them that allowing Trump to remain in office for another four years because the House didn't take an action that wasn't going to change his behavior or get him out of office one day sooner just doesn't make any sense?
Why not try to educate the about the importance of their vote?
Why not help them see how self-centered, selfish, and, frankly, childish, it is to allow their own consternation because someone else didn't hold impeachment hearings get in the way of THEIR obligation to do everything humanly possible to stop this man from continuing to wreak havoc on the country - including on people who don't have the privilege of voting that they seem to take for granted (but of course, do it in the nicest, gentlest possible way since God forbid you offend them in any way)?
And if you don't think that would work, why do you trust them to vote next year anyway, regardless what they House Democrats do. These people you're talking about sound like anything could set them off and we risk the not voting if anything happens that's not completely to their liking.
And, fyi - the fact that you heard a couple of people in a particular demographic threaten to take their toys and go home if they don't get their way doesn't mean the entire voting bloc will behave that way. I believe the vast majority of young people actually have a clue and won't stomp their feet and refuse to vote Trump out of office because the House didn't impeach him.