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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
January 7, 2021 at 8:25 pm
(January 7, 2021 at 8:05 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: It looks like it’s a bit more complicated than that, Boru. While officially convicting Trump would require a supermajority, and that may not be likely, it turns out there’s a separate procedure for disqualifying him from office and there is indeed precedent for a simple majority. And, even assuming the votes all fall on party lines like last time, it turns out that, with the recent election of two Dems from Georgia to the Senate, and the two independents who caucus with the Democratic Party, there would be a tie. And with VP Kamala Harris acting as tiebreaker in the senate, such a majority is more or less there. And if some Republicans break the old party line after this shit, a majority is all but guaranteed.
All of the cases mentioned in your article are about disqualification votes AFTER the party in question was convicted by the Senate. Disqualification is the punishment for the conviction.
In other words, the Senate cannot bar Trump from future office holding until it convicts him. And the conviction requires a supermajority vote.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
January 8, 2021 at 8:09 am
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I wonder if the odds of pence pardoning trump changed when he got labeled an enemy of the people? Pence, I mean.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
January 8, 2021 at 9:58 am
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Meanwhile, Trump and his family watching the terrorist attack at the Capitol
Edit, it has been removed because of the background song, so here's from Facebook which is muted in some countries
Direct link
https://www.facebook.com/186842420994378...1550743636
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
January 8, 2021 at 10:01 am
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No sooner had the president lied about not knowing what was going on than someone pointed out that his dumbass son posted video of them watching it live on twitter beforehand.
This whole family is just balls to the wall dumb. Good genes my ass.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
January 8, 2021 at 10:55 am
(January 8, 2021 at 10:01 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: No sooner had the president lied about not knowing what was going on than someone pointed out that his dumbass son posted video of them watching it live on twitter beforehand.
This whole family is just balls to the wall dumb. Good genes my ass.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
January 8, 2021 at 11:35 am
I gotta wonder....
Where are you guys going to post in a couple weeks when the subject of your ire goes away?
Going to combine the thread with the "Damned Bush/Reagan/Ford/Nixon" one?
Or just gnaw on your knuckles for 4 years?
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
January 8, 2021 at 11:40 am
Trump will continue to run his mouth. The difference is only right wing propaganda networks will cover it daily and only alt right fan boys and closet Trump Humpers will lap it up.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
January 8, 2021 at 11:46 am
(January 8, 2021 at 11:35 am)onlinebiker Wrote: I gotta wonder....
Where are you guys going to post in a couple weeks when the subject of your ire goes away?
Going to combine the thread with the "Damned Bush/Reagan/Ford/Nixon" one?
Or just gnaw on your knuckles for 4 years?
I don't think anyone here thinks that everything is going to be okay after the inauguration. There's still a lot to unfold that has the Trump stink on it. What it should be is a lesson...but it won't be.
When something goes horribly wrong it takes a while to heal.
Some of us will continue to be wary of the goings on. You can read and comment on other threads if you are done with the topic...if you can switch it on and off like a light switch, perhaps you should employ that method of dealing.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
January 8, 2021 at 11:51 am
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(January 8, 2021 at 11:35 am)onlinebiker Wrote: I gotta wonder....
Where are you guys going to post in a couple weeks when the subject of your ire goes away?
Going to combine the thread with the "Damned Bush/Reagan/Ford/Nixon" one?
Or just gnaw on your knuckles for 4 years?
I think most people will post about whatever they damn well please. And you will apparently read it and fart all over it because, I suppose, you have nothing better to do with your life.
(January 8, 2021 at 11:46 am)arewethereyet Wrote: I don't think anyone here thinks that everything is going to be okay after the inauguration. There's still a lot to unfold that has the Trump stink on it. What it should be is a lesson...but it won't be.
When something goes horribly wrong it takes a while to heal.
Some of us will continue to be wary of the goings on. You can read and comment on other threads if you are done with the topic...if you can switch it on and off like a light switch, perhaps you should employ that method of dealing.
Trump's rise to power began during Obama's tenure; I don't remember if it was first or second term but it was the "tea party" movement that started it all and Trump basically just jumped aboard that moving train. That contingent of voters still exists and demonstrated during this election that they can produce large numbers of votes. My reasonable side says that the Democratic Party should reach out to those people and build bridges, find ways to address their concerns. Unfortunately, looking at recent history, I doubt that will be possible and this gap between those people voting on myth and misinformation and everyone else will just continue to grow until the country just breaks apart. There will always be a radical wing of every base, but the radical right is now the entire base and I just don't know how to deal with that. If history is any indication, the US is in for some difficult times ahead.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
January 8, 2021 at 11:58 am
(January 8, 2021 at 11:40 am)Ranjr Wrote: Trump will continue to run his mouth. The difference is only right wing propaganda networks will cover it daily and only alt right fan boys and closet Trump Humpers will lap it up.
I dunno....
Does Fox have an affiliate in Uraguay so they can cover it?
Heh
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