But what do you do when plans A
through Z all fail?
I am
of course referring to the Democrats attempts to “DUMP TRUMP”.
They could
impeach him and send the matter to trial in the Senate where there will be actual
rules giving the president due process, but they know very it will fail in an embarrassing
landslide. Such a landslide would no
doubt cause Democrats to lose the house majority and guarantee President
Trump’s reelection.
Or, they
could drop impeachment and censure the president. This will anger their
base, who will accept nothing less than impeachment, perhaps convincing many to
stay home next November, which would also cause Democrats to lose the house majority
and guarantee President Trump’s reelection.
That may
sound like a happy ending for Republicans, and, an acceptable ending for Democrats,
bit it is neither.
The problem
is, even if Democrats back off impeachment and settle for censure, they will
have established an impeachment "right to try". In other words, they will set a precedent to
impeach for any reason what so ever, or no reason at all. That would
weaponized impeachment to unacceptable level by establishing a precedent to
hold congressional hearings not to investigate an impeachable offense, but to attempt
to find one.
It’s a
lose-lose situation of their own making.
Of course, they COULD drop the entire thing and wait and see how the
election turns out, but that’s highly unlikely because they know it’s not
likely to turn out good for them…
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