It does a number of important things: (Reply #24)

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Thu Jan 14, 2021, 12:18 PM

tinrobot (8,888 posts)

24. It does a number of important things:

1) As you said, it makes it so he can't run for office again. Do you really want him crying foul for the next 4 years?

2) Denies him Secret Service protection. He can't profit off the government by making them stay at his hotels.

3) Denies him security briefings (that he would probably sell to the highest bidder)

4) A trial would put the facts of the matter into the spotlight. We need to expose the traitors.

5) Puts everyone in the Senate on record. That's super important for future elections.

6) Holds him accountable. If he can get away with this, anyone can.

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38 replies	Author	Time	Post
Impeachment just seems worthless [View all]	JuJuYoshida	Jan 14	OP
Doing the right thing	MyNameGoesHere	Jan 14	#1
"I know it will hold him accountable as being convicted and unable to hold any future office "	jcgoldie	Jan 14	#2
This message was self-deleted by its author	MurrayDelph	Jan 14	#31
This message was self-deleted by its author	Chin music	Jan 14	#3
The goal	AnyFunctioningAdult	Jan 14	#4
I strongly disagree. Impeachment was a moral imperative IMO.	Mike 03	Jan 14	#5
Right. It will always be in Congressional records and history, that the US government	BusyBeingBest	Jan 14	#16
It's a start.	eShirl	Jan 14	#6
Symbols matter. The history books matter.	Laelth	Jan 14	#7
Big picture for me - it puts the moral bankruptcy of the entire RePutinican Party on display.	NoMoreRepugs	Jan 14	#8
I just want it to be fixed so he can not run for anything again.	Doreen	Jan 14	#9
It not only affects Trump's future, it also exposes all who vote against impeachment or removal.	Towlie	Jan 14	#10
trumps to be made an example for anyone trying to do this to us again...	samnsara	Jan 14	#11
I thought the consensus as to how we would benifit was to get the GOP on record supporting Trump	Quixote1818	Jan 14	#12
There is a difference between impeachment and conviction	left-of-center2012	Jan 14	#13
Since Trump will be out before any trial can commence,...	LudwigPastorius	Jan 14	#34
Your second paragraph IS the significance.	MineralMan	Jan 14	#14
having a president with 2 impeachments solidifies him as worst ever	NRaleighLiberal	Jan 14	#15
I'm all for impeaching that MFer a third time	Zorro	Jan 14	#17
LOL! n/t	EndlessWire	Jan 14	#26
That's life itself. A whole lot of nothing.	marybourg	Jan 14	#18
It's about being on the correct side of history	radius777	Jan 14	#19
Would you consider prosecuting someone serving life	Cattledog	Jan 14	#20
No pardons	H2O Man	Jan 14	#21
He'll go down in history as the only POTUS to be impeached twice.	Roisin Ni Fiachra	Jan 14	#22
Sure, but. . .	matt819	Jan 14	#23
It does a number of important things:	tinrobot	Jan 14	#24
Well	Timewas	Jan 14	#25
We might get him.	EndlessWire	Jan 14	#27
He won't be able to run for office again.	meadowlander	Jan 14	#28
Impeachment alone won't accomplish that.	subterranean	Jan 14	#30
And he may behave this last week...	consider_this	Jan 14	#29
I don't underestimate removing Trump permanently from contention for public office.	LudwigPastorius	Jan 14	#32
+100000000000000	Celerity	Jan 14	#33
Unless there is a conviction,	old guy	Jan 14	#35
I totally disagree. What's written in our history books is important.	Vinca	Jan 14	#36
It was worth it to give people a chance to let off steam, at the very least. The Senate Trial is now	OnDoutside	Jan 14	#37
You don't have to worry, The Southern District of NEW YORK needs to speak to	yuiyoshida	Jan 14	#38

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