• MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I don’t think there’s any amount of pressure that would result in the GOP voting to impeach. The lesson they learned from the Nixon impeachment was to create Fox News and further insulate themselves from public pressure.

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      7 months ago

      I don’t know, there have been a surprisingly large number of high profile, unexpected Congressional retirements because of Trump. Those same people might have been willing to vote against him in a prolonged impeachment trial.j

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        7 months ago

        Everything we’ve seen from the GOP is that you must pledge absolute loyalty to Trump in order to remain in good graces with the party. If a GOP Congress person votes against Trump, they are persona non grata. Regardless of their position on Trump, the GOP has consistently put party over country at every possible opportunity. This includes both impeachment votes.

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        7 months ago

        Not when he can just kill them. You can’t arrest prosecute when you can just murder the prosecutors without repercussions.