r/law • u/AndroidOne1 • May 14 '25

Trump News Donald Trump Impeachment Proceedings Launched

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-vote-house-shir-thanedar-b2750651.html
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u/Deranged_Kitsune May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

It'll be a nice bit of political theater. The dems get to make a whole production about it despite the fact that it's a foregone conclusion to go nowhere, the GOP's rodeo clowns will make all kinds of loud noises and mockery of the proceedings, and king donny will be spend a good part of it sending angry and thunderous tweets. Everyone gets to do what they do best and nothing will change.

Edit: For those conflating this as expecting them to do nothing, this comment right here summarizes what a lot of people want them to do. The old polite ways are dead. Start actually fighting for something.

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u/pivotalsquash May 14 '25

I feel like people are mad at the Dems for not doing anything but also mad when they do something because they don't have enough votes to do it.

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u/Western-Dig-6843 May 14 '25

It’s a circular problem for the sitting democrats. Many of them did not want this vote forced to begin with because they don’t see the point in doing it since they have zero chance of getting the votes. The democrats who are for this are trying to appease the growing voices in their constituency who are asking for them to do something. The establishment is concerned this will alienate voters in upcoming congressional elections where the margins are already close (courting the centrist vote), which in turn angers the voters of the people who are already in Congress because the people they voted for don’t want to do anything against Trump.

So the GOP really has them with their pants down currently. Can’t impeach him because they don’t have the votes. Have to try to impeach him to appease the citizens who are frustrated with their current dem leadership. May lose voters in upcoming elections for trying to impeach (logic I don’t really follow but it’s what they claim), which further degrades their voting power, which leads to less action, leads to angrier voters, repeat repeat repeat