POLI•RANT: Stop with the Impeachment Talk!
We need to push our Democratic leaders to fight harder. And smarter.
I see variations on this message every single day here, and on BlueSky:
Trump MUST Be Impeached NOW!!
I know very well that I agree with folks who write these messages on nearly everything. And I totally get the deep, deep frustration and anger most of us are feeling. Because it doesn’t seem like are leaders are fighting nearly as hard as they should be.
You only need to look at Chuck Schumer’s total cave and capitulation in the senate on the Continuing Resolution as the most disturbing example.
That said, stop wasting your time with simple impeachment messages.
Trump was right years ago on his shoot someone on 5th Avenue line and that’s only gotten worse amongst elected Republicans over the years. The Republican Party as we knew it for generations is totally dead. This is Trumps party, the party of cult and dictatorship that will follow him no matter what. It’s hard to think that Republicans of any number would turn on him at this point no matter what he does. So, at least until he goes Full Dictator Republicans will NEVER vote to impeach Trump.
In fact, they’d never even vote to bring impeachment to the floor of the House, which is the first step in that process.
Calling for impeachment might be cathartic, but it’s simply yelling into the void.
BUT, that doesn’t mean that Democrats are powerless on the idea of impeachment.
They could introduce Articles of Impeachment highlighting Trumps crimes — say once a week. They will never be passed or even be brought up by the House. But, they will generate some news — possibly on two fronts.
During the Biden administration Republicans introduced bullshit articles multiple times. You might not have heard much about them, but they were big news in the MAGA-verse, keeping those fake scandals alive and well with their base.
That is one benefit of introducing articles — letting our base know that our leaders are fighting for us. And also giving a messaging focus each week beyond the firehouse of shit being pumped out from the Trump regime.
It also might start to bleed into the awareness of the general public. I’m talking about the low-information voter who may have sat out 2024 or even reluctantly voted for Trump. There can be movement on both of those fronts.
Imagine a 2016 Biden / 2024 Trump voter who happens to be a vet. He or she has likely heard bits and pieces about cuts at the VA but it’s all been scattershot and confusing. Articles submitted about Trump hurting our vets would very well get the attention of those voters. And you could make a similar argument for lots of voter groups and lots of the corruption and illegality happening every day.
It helps focus the opposition and provides TRUE information to the general public.
THAT’S constructive.
I hope somebody is keeping a record of the tRump administration crimes, corruption, court orders being ignored & grifting.
I fully agree the whole Republican Party are backing this Dick-Traitorship.
This makes Nixon's crimes look like just Jaywalking.
MAGA hate Truth & Facts. Because they've been feeding on BS for 11 years. They have been fully radicalised.
Now elections have been fixed in favor of Republicans to win every time.
Maybe when SS & Medicare end or when there's a catastrophe & there's no FEMA aid they will wake the fck up & finally realise they've been lied too.
We need to get a majority in both houses & stop being nice. Get ads showing the destruction but most of all .....
MAKE REPUBLICANS EXTINCT!
I couldn't agree with you more. Until Dems have taken over both the House and Senate Impeachment is off the table. And by then hopefully we'll have new, more forceful leaders.