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Good luck with that. He is in for the next four years and will finish his term. Impeachment and removing him from office means the dems will need to control c

Good luck with that. He is in for the next four years and will finish his term. Impeachment and removing him from office means the dems will need to control congress. Which can’t happen until 2027. Then, those dems will need convince at least a double digit count of GOP senators to vote to remove him and not care about facing the wrath of the MAGA base…just to get him out a couple of years before term limits do?

Aeolun 2y ago
> term limits I kinda imagine the next 4 years will work hard towards the singular goal of eliminating those. Or he might just ignore them with a whole lot more preparation than the badly organized insurrection of last time.
- kcplate 2y ago
  It takes much longer than 4 years to amend or unamend (which would be required in this case). He’s out in January 2029 without a doubt.
  - popinman322 2y ago
    The executive branch is currently ignoring the law. Why would they start following it in 2029?
    - hedora 2y ago
      He's already floating the idea of a third term, and the house is considering a constitutional amendment that would allow it. Of course, that'll be a moot point if he continues to just ignore the constitution as he has been so far this entire term, and the other two branches continue to just let him.
      - willy_k 2y ago
        Source?
      - kcplate 2y ago
        Do you understand how long and what it takes to ratify an amendment? There a reason why we haven’t done one in 33 years and that one took 202 years. The process is designed to be difficult, it’s much more than a simple majority and bang of a gavel. We are still working on approving the equal rights amendment. That’s one that started 102 years ago, and we have been trying to get the 3/4 state’s agreement for it for only 53 years. So no, I seriously doubt with a 50/50 divided electorate in this country that we will repeal the 22nd amendment in the less than 4 years that the US would have to do it before Trump could run again.
    - kcplate 2y ago
      The executive branch from 2021 through 2024 ignored some laws too. That’s what executive branches do…”selective enforcement”.
- willy_k 2y ago
  He wanted the national guard there. What you’re saying isn’t any better than someone parroting some Newsmax theory about depopulation. There’s no real substance behind your claim, just mischaracterizations and innuendo repeated ad nauseam so people view it as fact.
  - ethbr1 2y ago
    He did. But I think Republicans in general (and Trump in particular) are being incredibly disingenuous about the National Guard thing and trying to blame {not even calling it a riot anymore} Jan 6 on Pelosi. Why wouldn't Pelosi want the National Guard there? Kent State. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings Putting a bunch of moderately trained military in a chaotic situation with angry civilians is a recipe for disaster. And if they'd opened fire on the crowd? Do you really think Trump and the Republicans would have backed that use for force? After how they treated the United States Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt for climbing through a broken window into the Speaker's lobby, after ignoring multiple orders to stop?
dinkumthinkum 2y ago
The democrats will have to convince enough voters that what they really want is to turn the entire country into California. I'm not sure that will be a winning strategy. Judging by the most recent DNC shenanigans, I don't think they learned very much from the last election.

Aeolun 2y ago

> term limits I kinda imagine the next 4 years will work hard towards the singular goal of eliminating those. Or he might just ignore them with a whole lot more preparation than the badly organized insurrection of last time.

kcplate 2y ago
It takes much longer than 4 years to amend or unamend (which would be required in this case). He’s out in January 2029 without a doubt.
- popinman322 2y ago
  The executive branch is currently ignoring the law. Why would they start following it in 2029?
  - hedora 2y ago
    He's already floating the idea of a third term, and the house is considering a constitutional amendment that would allow it. Of course, that'll be a moot point if he continues to just ignore the constitution as he has been so far this entire term, and the other two branches continue to just let him.
    - willy_k 2y ago
      Source?
    - kcplate 2y ago
      Do you understand how long and what it takes to ratify an amendment? There a reason why we haven’t done one in 33 years and that one took 202 years. The process is designed to be difficult, it’s much more than a simple majority and bang of a gavel. We are still working on approving the equal rights amendment. That’s one that started 102 years ago, and we have been trying to get the 3/4 state’s agreement for it for only 53 years. So no, I seriously doubt with a 50/50 divided electorate in this country that we will repeal the 22nd amendment in the less than 4 years that the US would have to do it before Trump could run again.
  - kcplate 2y ago
    The executive branch from 2021 through 2024 ignored some laws too. That’s what executive branches do…”selective enforcement”.
willy_k 2y ago
He wanted the national guard there. What you’re saying isn’t any better than someone parroting some Newsmax theory about depopulation. There’s no real substance behind your claim, just mischaracterizations and innuendo repeated ad nauseam so people view it as fact.
- ethbr1 2y ago
  He did. But I think Republicans in general (and Trump in particular) are being incredibly disingenuous about the National Guard thing and trying to blame {not even calling it a riot anymore} Jan 6 on Pelosi. Why wouldn't Pelosi want the National Guard there? Kent State. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings Putting a bunch of moderately trained military in a chaotic situation with angry civilians is a recipe for disaster. And if they'd opened fire on the crowd? Do you really think Trump and the Republicans would have backed that use for force? After how they treated the United States Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt for climbing through a broken window into the Speaker's lobby, after ignoring multiple orders to stop?

dinkumthinkum 2y ago

The democrats will have to convince enough voters that what they really want is to turn the entire country into California. I'm not sure that will be a winning strategy. Judging by the most recent DNC shenanigans, I don't think they learned very much from the last election.