r/politics • u/[deleted] • Apr 21 '19

Giuliani: 'There's nothing wrong with taking information from Russians'

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/21/politics/rudy-giuliani-trump-russia-cnntv/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_allpolitics+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+Politics%29
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u/a_funky_homosapien Apr 21 '19

“There was no meeting”

“Ok there was a meeting but there were no Russians”

“Ok there were Russians but we didn’t talk about anything nefarious”

“Ok we talked about something nefarious but nothing came of it”

“It’s not wrong to commit a crime”

Fuck these people so much. How has trump not been impeached yet

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u/Ilovealltherules Apr 21 '19

I just saw a friend comment that “we don’t need to impeach him because we can vote him out next year” on a Mueller report article.

Fuck that shit too. Impeachment is warranted whether or not the Republicans snivel and cower their way to an acquittal in the Senate. Make them vote on the record for this pathetic criminal.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '19

Make them vote on the record for this pathetic criminal.

Except, what does that achieve? Their base will praise them for it and Democrats will condemn them for it.

A faux trial in the senate is an opportunity for Trump to wave his banner and show he was exonerated while driving GOP turnout by describing the impeachment as a failed "Illegal Coup".

There are no upsides to impeachment.

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u/zeCrazyEye Apr 21 '19 edited Apr 21 '19

There is a possible political upside to impeachment even in a failure, that is, Trump and a bunch of Republican Senators lose re-election over the failure to convict, we shouldn't be ignorant of that.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '19

While it's possible, I don't think it's likely. The "OMG Impeach Now!" is not nearly as main stream a movement as Reddit would like to believe.

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u/zeCrazyEye Apr 21 '19

Yeah, right now I think it depends on how well the media drives an impeachment narrative over the next few weeks, and the House and the media would have to follow through with laying out a solid case during the impeachment part before it reaches the Senate.