Comment on Trump Administration Live Updates: President Expects Impeachment if G.O.P. Falters in Midterm Elections

MOARbid1@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• garth@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The Democrats win a majority in the House and appoint a half-decent Speaker, then impeach and remove both Trump and Vance. The Speaker of the House then becomes the President and they can appoint whole new cabinet.

  If all the Dems can do is remove Trump then we get President Vance, and all the cabinet positions stay the same.

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  • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If there’s any hope of this, they need to excise the Schumer tumor first. Corporate Democrats have no will to fight because big money does not want things to change.

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    • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      “Chuck Tumor? The oncologic surgeon is here to remove you now.”

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  • jacksilver@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They need a majority in house and senate to impeach and convict. Conviction is how Trump is removed, impeachment just means he did enough to investigate any wrongdoing.

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    • garth@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Correct. I was thinking about the presidential chain of succession and didn’t mention the Senate. A simple majority in the house is needed to pass articles of impeachment. Then two-thirds of the Senate must vote to convict and remove the president.

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  • solrize@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’d expect Trump’s 3rd and 4th impeachments to go like the first two, i.e. he stays in office. Also, it would be very hard to find charges against Vance as VP.

    If Trump did somehow get removed, Vance would take over as President, and it would take him a while to do enough bad stuff to get impeached and removed. And by then, he would likely have gotten his own VP confirmed, who would then inherit the office from Vance. So all this stuff about removing Trump and making things good again is wishful thinking.

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  • ruuster13@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Monica Lewinsky as Speaker. Because nothing matters anymore unless you do it with hyperbole.

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• DrFistington@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Once you get rid of him it’s much easier to make the Domino’s fall

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