After January 20, there is only one way [View all]

[MineralMan]

to remove Donald Trump from office: Impeachment and conviction by Congress.

I see many people calling for some sort of nullification of the recent election. That is impossible, frankly, and is just a pipe dream. Only impeachment and conviction can get him out of office.

Is that possible? It is, but is also highly unlikely to occur, since Republicans control both houses of Congress and since conviction in the Senate would require a 2/3 majority vote.

Sadly, that is the consequence of what happened on November 8. Our Constitution has no provisions for any other way of removing a President, once he or she takes office. We missed our chance in November, and missed it by only a tiny fraction of the vote in three states.

Every election has consequences. The time to think about that is before the election, not afterwards. Truly, the only hope we have is to look forward to the elections in 2018. And we should be doing that constantly, trying to remove Republicans from control of at least one house of Congress.

Doing or hoping for anything else is a waste of time at this point.

Sorry for the reality...