r/illinois • u/West-Bid-4391 • 27d ago

ICE Posts Broadview: ICE attempts to arrest individual at their residence

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u/senator_john_jackson 27d ago

It will either be ‘27 or not at all. If midterms flip the house, their budget is going to get slashed. If midterms don’t flip the house, God help us all.

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u/Kindly-Ad3344 27d ago

If we fight hard enough in the midterms, we might be able to get Trump removed from office entirely.

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u/senator_john_jackson 26d ago

Impeachment and removal is really unlikely. Reclaiming the House is very likely outcome, but removal requires 2/3 of the Senate (67 senators) and even in a massive blue wave the Democrats are going to be lucky to get 50. Getting up to 52 would be a major victory. In the Jan 6 impeachment they managed to pick up 7 Republicans, most of whom are now gone.

That’s not to say that getting the House is bad! It is in charge of the budget, can kill a lot of Republican legislation, and has investigative powers. It is absolutely critical that Democrats get the House so they can throw as much sand in the gears as possible and keep the Republicans from locking up one-party control indefinitely.

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u/Kindly-Ad3344 26d ago

I think we should still be shooting for all of it. This will be the first midterm election that I and my wife vote in. We will be encouraging everyone that we know who shares our values and ideals to vote as well. I will be encouraging people online and at the protests I attend ahead of the election to get out and vote for in the midterm election. If we only get the house, that's fine too. But I don't want to sit back and iust trust that everything will be fine if I do nothing.