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DetlefK

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11. What chance are you talking about?

Sun Feb 14, 2021, 08:53 AM

Feb 2021

The Republican Party is split. Two thirds are pro-Trump, the other third wants to get rid of him and just move on. If the Republicans had pronounced Trump guilty, they would have risked splitting the party for good AND there is a significant chance that some MAGA-nutcase would have tried to kill them.

Plus, how exactly would a conviction have ended this whole craze? Would Republicans all of a sudden have stopped claiming that Trump won the election? Would the MAGAts have stopped plotting terror-attacks?

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IT IS A GOOD THING THAT TRUMP WAS ACQUITTED. [View all] DetlefK Feb 2021 OP

Trump was impeached - twice lame54 Feb 2021 #1

Those stains will BlueMTexpat Feb 2021 #4

I do not think that word means what you think it means. Maru Kitteh Feb 2021 #2

He was impeached, but not convicted. Jamaal510 Feb 2021 #3

That the DOJ is going to do anything about trump angrychair Feb 2021 #5

Trump isn't the centre or origin of the disease. Aussie105 Feb 2021 #6

1924, following Beer Hall putsch My Pet Orangutan Feb 2021 #8

No, impeachment was the right thing to do as he was in office when he was impeached. cstanleytech Feb 2021 #7

No, it's not a good thing BadDog40 Feb 2021 #9

What chance are you talking about? DetlefK Feb 2021 #11

No Blues Heron Feb 2021 #10

But I disagree with one thing here... Trueblue Texan Feb 2021 #12

I don't agree that it was a good thing he was acquitted, even if expected msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #13

Don't agree with several points on your list, however ... jimlup Feb 2021 #14

I don't really care. What I do care about is that this whole Luz Feb 2021 #15