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38. The establishment Republican Party is not real fond of Trump. ...

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Dec 31, 2016, 05:12 PM

Dec 2016

In my opinion if they are provided with a good reason that they will impeach Trump, convict him and remove him from office in a heartbeat.

Leading the effort will be John McCain. Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney and Marco Rubio.

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Are there any circumstances where the GOP would impeach Donald Trump? [View all] kentuck Dec 2016 OP

That would be them admitting they fucked up madokie Dec 2016 #1

No. they do not eat their own. spanone Dec 2016 #2

No chance of that happening liberal N proud Dec 2016 #3

There are a few things lapfog_1 Dec 2016 #4

Yep. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #14

Spot on ... Auggie Dec 2016 #26

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #33

Hell, he could machine gun everybody in congress and his supporters would dhol82 Dec 2016 #5

for some reason, i was reminded of the scene from Mars Attacks 0rganism Dec 2016 #24

Loved that movie... Pachamama Dec 2016 #28

Looks about right. dhol82 Dec 2016 #32

+1, lol... on live TV too... uponit7771 Dec 2016 #34

They would impeach Trump the minute they think they can get away with it harun Dec 2016 #6

Agree. A real possibility, IMO. On the one hand, they could choose to wiggs Dec 2016 #15

The minute they could go on record as supporting impeachment EL34x4 Dec 2016 #22

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #35

Only if and when he stops being their useful idiot. Then, he will become their fall guy. TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #7

Correct! volstork Dec 2016 #29

Its all a power game. If they see an advantage in it he will be gone. bullimiami Dec 2016 #8

he would have to somehow become seriously unpopular *within the republican party* unblock Dec 2016 #9

NOPE. TrishaJ Dec 2016 #10

NONE, NADA, NULL DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #11

Of course there is. If their base turned against Trump they would drop him in a nano second Tom Rinaldo Dec 2016 #12

If he tried to investigate Goldman Sachs? CanonRay Dec 2016 #13

Probably not, at least not for a long time. MineralMan Dec 2016 #16

Groping Paul Ryan's wife might do it. nt Buns_of_Fire Dec 2016 #17

BJ in the oval office? crazycatlady Dec 2016 #18

Only if he were giving them. EL34x4 Dec 2016 #23

There will probably be grounds and the Rs would use them if treestar Dec 2016 #19

NO. democratisphere Dec 2016 #20

My Ladbrokes betting slip for today. Richard_uk Dec 2016 #21

If they think he's threatening their chances of reelection Mariana Dec 2016 #25

If he supports Medicare for all still_one Dec 2016 #27

Trade Trump for Pence? Sure Buzz cook Dec 2016 #30

He must act as an executive blank check. If they put a bill on his desk tandem5 Dec 2016 #31

Absolutely. If he doesn't sign their legislation they'll turn on him in a heartbeat. Vinca Dec 2016 #36

No. They love him being insane as long as he wins. USALiberal Dec 2016 #37

The establishment Republican Party is not real fond of Trump. ... spin Dec 2016 #38

They need to grow spines and do it soon onetexan Jan 2017 #40

If one of tRump's henchmen try to kidnap one of the kids or grandkids of a GOPer meow2u3 Dec 2016 #39