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Cont: Trump’s Coup - Part 2

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Trump not that long ago ordered the forceable removal of peaceful protestors from outside a church, which included the police assault of a TV news crew. Other politicians stood by and did nothing about that. But when Trump incites an attack on them, finally the politicians get it and start to act.

The lesson is none of those politicians are really for the people, it is only really about them.
 
Vixen said:
Is she still sulking about that yob's feet on her desk?
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I would be, and since he's already identified, I expect him to be in custody sometime today, his boots traded for jail clogs. Extra points for arraignment video of him shackled around the waist.

You can tell I haven't been thinking about this very much.
 
DevilsAdvocate said:
He is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He can get things done, especially if he has the support of Congress and he will have that support.
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No, he's the ranking member. Or at least he will be when the new Senators from Georgia are sworn in.

Ninja'd by DA.
 
PhantomWolf said:
already answered. An attempt to take control of the powers of Government by the insurrectionists, for example declaring that they were now the US congress and holding votes on which electors to accept.
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I'm going to guess that you'd consider the 1981 Spanish coup attempt not a coup since the "guardia civiles" who came into the Spanish Congress of Deputies wasted their time shouting and shooting at the ceiling rather than legislating and carrying other government functions. Those guys passed zero laws and the actual exercise of government functions by parliamentarians was merely suspended, after all.
 
Vixen said:
Is she still sulking about that yob's feet on her desk?
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She is sulking about members of Congress sheltering just feet away from the mob and staff and family members and children hiding under desks while terrorists tried to break down the door.
 
DevilsAdvocate said:
She is sulking about members of Congress sheltering just feet away from the mob and staff and family members and children hiding under desks while terrorists tried to break down the door.
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When you put it that way it makes it sound kind of bad.
 
The idiot who wore his work badge has been fired by the Maryland Company who employed him.

TIme to revive a song written when pretty much the same thing happened in Charlottesville:

"If your're a Nazi and you know it, clap your hands
If your're a Nazi and you know it, clap your hands
You got spotted in a mob
Now you've lost your ******* job
If your're a Nazi and you know it clap your hands".
 
Is it true that if Trump is impeached and convicted he won't get the usual pension and other ex President perks?
 
dudalb said:
The idiot who wore his work badge has been fired by the Maryland Company who employed him.

TIme to revive a song written when pretty much the same thing happened in Charlottesville:

"If your're a Nazi and you know it, clap your hands
If your're a Nazi and you know it, clap your hands
You got spotted in a mob
Now you've lost your ******* job
If your're a Nazi and you know it clap your hands".
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Now, arrest him.
 
acbytesla said:
No, it's not. All it takes is it to be invoked and Congress being unwilling to address it. They can keep it being pushed to a vote in Congress for effectively 25 days. By which time Biden will be POTUS anyway.
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In 25 days a truly incompetent POTUS can do a lot of damage. Anything less than immediate removal from office is useless.

So how is the 25th useful?:boggled:
 
I just read the 25th amendment. It's not the right way to go. It still requires a 2/3 vote of not just the Senate, but also the House. Because of the timing, it might be that he could be removed temporarily, and then the clock runs out during the "temporary" portion, although I'm not sure how to interpret the amendment to be sure.

The bigger reason not to do it is that isn't what the amendment is for. It was for cases where the President isn't dead, but has a medical problem that prevents him from carrying out his duties. I think insanity might qualify and be applicable to this case, but that's a tough sell. If he emerges from the cocoon and appears sane, the 25th isn't going to fly.

If you are going to do the right thing, impeachment is it.
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
In 25 days a truly incompetent POTUS can do a lot of damage. Anything less than immediate removal from office is useless.

So how is the 25th useful?:boggled:
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Because during that entire time Pence would be POTUS and Trump would have no authority whatsoever.
 
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