Trump isn't going to give up power willingly. He is openly and gleefully breaking everything with no thought of the consequences. Republicans wouldn't be going along with it unless they think they are untouchable. If they think kidnapping people with no due process and dumping them in concentration camps isn't going to have a consequence, then they are all in. Trusting the rest of their lives on Trump isn't a bet I would take, but I'm just an everyday idiot.
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Please don't though. It's just handing Trump an easy victory and perceived exoneration for his crimes.
Which is exactly what happened the last two times.
Sadly, a majority of Trump voters support a third term, probably maybe stopping short at crowning him godking.
Blah, blah, blah.
Most people supported the impeaching the fat fascist in his last term too and it went nowhere because Republicans, independents voted the hard R.
And what's different now? Not a damn thing. This will go nowhere outside of calls from the current Democratic leadership mewling pathetically and ineffectively for bipartisanship just like last time.
There is a damning difference for Trump this term and it's his economic policy. The only thing Magats care more about than Trump is their money.
If you looked at the poll, 80% of Republicans started they don't support impeachment.
They stand with the hard R.
Yup.
We're seeing some Republicans waver but not enough. Reality is, the only two ways out of this shit:
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We miraculously survive til the midterms and somehow still have a Democracy where Republicans are voted out(lol)
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The economy gets so disastrously bad that Republicans literally cannot avert their eyes to it anymore. Like, they lose their jobs, their retirement evaporates, their underage kids must start working to be another source of income just to sustain, and things like healthcare become a privilege for the wealthy. But I also wouldn't be surprised if on the way there, Democrats get fed up and do something that we cant come back from. And then the Republicans will blame all the economic issues on that key moment, because that is what's in a Republicans nature. There is a 0% chance they will ever accept any responsibility for this mess.
Either way, the second Trump won this election, we were all fucked. I had no faith in the 1/3rd of the country that voted for Trump - they were long gone. But those 45% of eligible voters that didn't vote, and I know you cock suckers are out there, good job - you fucked all of us over.
And as an aside, its funny to see Florida having discourse about revoking child labor laws. I promise you, what is going to happen is things are going to get so expensive that parents are going to want their kids to be able to work. And that's how we will lose that worker protection. "I don't have to pay for a nanny if my 12 year old works a 9-5". And people like Trump are ecstatic about this outcome.
The libs are not going to like that accurate view
Hard R
I vote we redefine the popular meaning of this to the way you just used it
I mean it is the party of the Hard R after all.
both parties, only this one is open and proud about it
I'm sure it will go great