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Anonymous wrote:OP:
I don't know where this "Trump will be impeached" nonsense originated but I've heard friends mention it too. There's no way in hell that he'll be impeached by a Republican Congress. The Republican electorate would destroy the House of Representatives.
Which Republican electorate? The traditional republican base would throw Congress a ticker tape parade. Trump's base, on the other hand, would lose their sh*t. But Trump's base and the Republican base are not the same. So the question is, which do Rs fear more in the midterm election? The Rust Belt may want Trump, for now. But the stroke belt God and Guns crew, plus Florida and probably Texas really want Pence. The House is really backed in a corner right now, so it will be interesting to want.
I think it's clear the Republicans (not Trump's base) will turn on him, and yes, impeach him if it comes to that. They may be able to remove him from office by declaring him unfit, but I suspect they will give him a way out. He'll resign for some made-up medical reason and call it a victory, etc. etc. If they make up some huuuuuuuuge story about how he's the greatest president in history and he's done everything he said he would do, yada yada yada, he'll probably believe it all and "retire" to his Mar A Lago estate and continue tweeting until he drops dead.
Of course if he refuses to resign, he'll either be removed as unfit or impeached.
I did not expect Trump to melt down so quickly. Watching him on TV this week has been an astonishing sight. All the outrageous lies, the ranting, the ignorance and stupidity coming out of the mouth of the most powerful man in the world makes me feel like I'm living in an alternate reality. Never in my life did I imagine I'd see anything approaching this. It's surreal.