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13. Pointless fantasy tropes like that make us look ignorant.

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 11:08 AM

Jan 2018

Do you not understand what it takes for that to kick in? The 25th Amendment needs the Vice President and 13 of Trump's 24 Cabinet members to agree to remove the president from office... that's 14 Republicans who queue up attend meetings just to sing Trump's praises on camera, yeah? Then, even if that happened, two-thirds of both houses of Congress would have to agree... this is the same Congress where Republicans hold the majority and are so terrified of their own voters they support everything Trump says.

Even if you don't care about anything, at least be realistic, the Republicans in Trump's administration are never going to stage a mass mutiny and remove him from office.

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Flake to denounce Trump media attacks as Stalinist in Senate speech [View all] highplainsdem Jan 2018 OP

Until they start talking about invoking the 25th I don't care. Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #1

Impeachment is much more likely than invoking the 25th: highplainsdem Jan 2018 #7

Impeachment is much less likely. Not only does it require retaking congress, Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #9

The opposite is true deancr Jan 2018 #14

Trump could rape a toddler on national television. Dave Starsky Jan 2018 #15

First of all, it's unlikely you'd find even "a few people" in the Cabinet to agree to remove Trump, highplainsdem Jan 2018 #16

Best bet: Force him to resign ThoughtCriminal Jan 2018 #21

Good idea. MBS Jan 2018 #23

Take away his T.V. privileges and his little twittly thing. erronis Jan 2018 #27

Pointless fantasy tropes like that make us look ignorant. procon Jan 2018 #13

Impeachment needs an even larger majority. Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #33

It won't happen. Flake is still a Republican, his wealth and future sucesses procon Jan 2018 #34

Easy to speak out when not running for re-election. Funtatlaguy Jan 2018 #2

++++ Seems to be all too common. pangaia Jan 2018 #20

Sometime this week - will keep any eye out - thanks, dem. nt Leghorn21 Jan 2018 #3

Eff you Iliyah Jan 2018 #4

Are you referring to the OP or the subject of the OP? You might want to clarify. Hekate Jan 2018 #35

Won't RUMP take that Liberalagogo Jan 2018 #5

Flake isn't "one of Trump's fiercest Republican critics", he's the ONLY sinkingfeeling Jan 2018 #6

He's no critic at all. He's still a reliable vote for all trump legislation. PSPS Jan 2018 #11

I'm waiting for his Lindsey Graham moment. Dave Starsky Jan 2018 #19

People need to decide - Would you rather have a repuke who occasionally shines Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2018 #24

+1 Hekate Jan 2018 #36

He's kinda all over the place, cilla4progress Jan 2018 #8

He's doing this because he's planning to run for something else not fooled Jan 2018 #10

He needs attention. No journalists or papers or news agencies should go to his stupid notdarkyet Jan 2018 #12

Flake should get a giant flipflop flibbitygiblets Jan 2018 #29

This is the same Jeff Flake SHRED Jan 2018 #17

That makes this speech all the stronger, IMO. Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #30

Be grateful for what you are given bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #18

Need more dems to do similarly. triron Jan 2018 #22

And then proceed to vote for just about every fascist bill Cheeto supports. sandensea Jan 2018 #25

Same flake who gave us the tax scam and voted to kill Obamacare dalton99a Jan 2018 #26

Wow. Powerful, to the point. And by a Republican, no less! nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #28

Agreed. Its important to recognize when a Republican is doing something patriotic... D23MIURG23 Jan 2018 #31

Arizona media should follow up with questions to McSally on this. bronxiteforever Jan 2018 #32

Good for Flake. I hope a few others are empowered to speak out, or simply wake up. nt Hekate Jan 2018 #37

This is important.. I'm with you on this, hpd. Cha Jan 2018 #38

GOP Blah Blah Blah.......S**hole...Blah....Blah derick38 Jan 2018 #39