POTUS/General Election Thread 2020 + Aftermath

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I also have no idea why they are waiting on it, seems pretty open and shut. The delays is allowing those on the fence to already try and say that impeachment is too divisive and that censure is more suitable. Get the impeachment done and over to the Senate ASAP.

Glad to see those police that violated their oaths getting their just deserts. Just because the protestors were on 'your side' doesn't change your duty one bit, failure to do your duty means you shouldn't hold your position.

Crazy talking with my right wing friends, the talk is all of the sort trying to say essentially that this is overblown because BLM and Antifa protests/riots caused more damage. Local businesses and cars are NOT the seat of government!

The Senate is not in session. To change that under the current rules would require the agreement of all 100 senators. Trump will have at least one who says "too busy with my constituents, sorry." So impeachment prior to the inauguration is functionally impossible. The only reason to continue with an impeachment effort is to bar Trump from further federal office and/or strip away Presidential retirement privileges. These goals are worthy of continuing the effort, but are not as pressing.

For the same reason, censure by Congress is impossible prior to the inauguration as well.

The only immediate response, use of the 25th on grounds of mental instability, would require Pence to take that step and for the cabinet (who are dropping like flies) to agree and not to simply leave the sinking ship. I suspect that Pence is holding this over Trump to keep him quiescent until the 20th but not acting on it so as to keep the ReTrumplicans pacified.

This is, I suspect, because he wants their votes come 2024. I think he's fooling himself AND not doing right by the USA or his oath -- but pols love to play both ends against the middle.