(October 20, 2019 at 3:15 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(October 20, 2019 at 3:13 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Of course, the Democrats, then and now, were the original Republicans, the party of Thomas Jefferson.
Immaterial. It doesn't take a lot of gumption to impeach/try someone from the opposition party.
Boru
It was not a 2-party system during the Civil War. The Democrats were not, necessarily, viewed as being the sole "opposition" party; it was the views of Johnson that earned the ire of the Republicans more than his party affiliation. With Trump, Republicans are willing to overlook his crimes because he is willing to support their views.
