(September 22, 2020 at 10:32 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(September 22, 2020 at 10:26 am)Brian37 Wrote: I saw this brought up on twitter too.
It could work if we were talking about Nixon's GOP and a base of GOP voters that would react like like Nixon's base at the time.
But tactically speaking we are not talking about a rational party or rational base.
With our current demographics right now, trying to impeach Trump a second time, knowing his support got him through the first impeachment, will only bee seen as revenge, and not law.
The only pragmatic option we have is to vote him out of office in November.
Trump’s base would be immaterial in a second impeachment, since the point would not be to remove him from office, but to stall the Senate confirmation of a new justice.
You’re probably right that it would be seen as revenge, but so what?
Boru
I am not arguing procedure, I am arguing public perception.
If Trump had Nixon's GOP and voter base, he would never have made it past the escalator when he announced his run.
