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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Mayorkas to be impeached
Date: 01/03/24 5:41 PM
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Most democrats also believe that Barack Obama's books are accurate representations about his life, that Hillary! Clinton was cheated out of the 2016 election due to Russian interference and that Republicans want their grandmothers to eat dog food.

You misunderstand. I meant most Democratic Congressbeings believed that Trump had genuinely broken the law. Because there existed a colorable argument that his actions actually violated the law, and not just that they didn't like the guy, the Democrats were able to get a majority and actually impeach Trump. Without a similar claim against Mayorkas, the GOP probably isn't going to be able to get the votes to impeach him. They're not playing by the same rules, which is why they're unlikely to be successful.

You're missing the point. No one cares about the impeachment vote or any trial in the Senate.

No one would care about the Senate trial, because the GOP doesn't hold a 2/3 majority in the Senate. Like with Trump and Clinton, it's a fait accompli that the Senate would not vote to convict.

But people do care about the impeachment vote....because if you don't have the votes, then Mayorkas won't be impeached. The GOP will have failed - and failed in a bipartisan vote - to even bring an impeachment charge against him. That's going to be disappointing to the base. It's one thing to fail to get a conviction - it's even worse to try and fail to even get the impeachment out of the House.

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