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If things keep going at their current pace, Dems having the votes to IMPEACH, CONVICT & REMOVE is no longer a long shot (Original Post) Miles Archer 17 hrs ago OP
Getting 66 Senators to convict The Wizard 17 hrs ago #1
Still true, I know... Miles Archer 17 hrs ago #5
If things get bad enough for his voters they just may take him out themselves. B.See 4 hrs ago #11
I applaud your optimism Fiendish Thingy 17 hrs ago #2
There is no way there will be enough to convict JI7 17 hrs ago #3
A huge downturn in the economy looks like the best case Strelnikov_ 12 hrs ago #7
"Republicans fear Trump" J_William_Ryan 17 hrs ago #4
Or, Republicans bamagal62 13 hrs ago #6
They fear his voters ITAL 12 hrs ago #8
The traitor must be impeached again. dalton99a 4 hrs ago #9
Susan Collins would go from very concerned to extremely concerned Rstrstx 4 hrs ago #10
If he is removed from office, Vance will give him a pardon. n/t Whiskeytide 3 hrs ago #12

Miles Archer

(23,225 posts)
5. Still true, I know...
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 04:39 PM
17 hrs ago

...and I don't want to go to the "what's the worst Iran could do in retaliation" doomsday scenarios, but MAYBE America will get to the point where they say "ENOUGH," and "maybe" Senators will decide that not getting re-elected is worth it to bring down Trump.

I'm just not convinced his getting away with this for another 2-1/3 years is still "a sure thing."

Fiendish Thingy

(23,196 posts)
2. I applaud your optimism
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 04:36 PM
17 hrs ago

Although the odds of Dems retaking the senate improve daily, I think getting to 67 seats, or convincing enough republican senators to join Dems to convict, is still a long shot.

JI7

(93,594 posts)
3. There is no way there will be enough to convict
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 04:37 PM
17 hrs ago

It would require a good number of Republicans to join us.

The only way I think it could happen is if there is a huge downturn in the economy and people are being personally affected.

But in this case Trump might end up resigning and possibly fleeing the country.

J_William_Ryan

(3,490 posts)
4. "Republicans fear Trump"
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 04:38 PM
17 hrs ago

Republicans fear ‘harming’ the presidency.

They fear that removing a president from office via the impeachment process will undermine the Imperial Presidency and weaken unitary executive dogma, preventing future Republican presidents from acting as authoritarian despots and dictators.

ITAL

(1,321 posts)
8. They fear his voters
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 09:24 PM
12 hrs ago

Since most of them are in gerrymandered districts where the primaries are filled with the most rightwing voters.

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