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I don't even know if I believe there's any chance of this myself but it's worth pointing out that Republicans currently have a House majority of... 2. It's unli

I don't even know if I believe there's any chance of this myself but it's worth pointing out that Republicans currently have a House majority of... 2. It's unlikely but not inconceivable that a few house members could be persuaded to vote with Democrats to push back, simply because they're in a swing state and we keep seeing videos of very mad voters confronting their representatives. Anyone in a swing district interested in securing re-election should be considering it.

Terr_ 2y ago
What scares me is that even if a slim Pro-Sanity coalition exists in both houses, Trump can simply continue to violate the Constitution willy-nilly if a core of Republicans remain complicit and block removal from office. After all, we're not just talking about an illegal retroactive on-demand line-item veto here, but plenty of other data-points, like a President that has blanket-pardoned criminals who already violently attacked congress in his name. What's the plan for when the USPS suddenly has "breakdowns" or "misplaces" mail-in-ballots collected from certain districts? Or when IRS tax records from candidates are leaked to opposing conservative campaigns? Citizenships being "revoked" just enough to stop people from voting?
- tastyfreeze 2y ago
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  - Terr_ 2y ago
    Hah, is your Ministry of Truth so strong that you have already forgotten his past and contemporary crimes, so that the lack of new ones in the future renders him retroactively innocent? The man could keel over quite morally-blamelessly from a coronary tomorrow, and the record of words and deeds left behind would still be that of a crook, a corrupt politician, and a wannabe dictator. Mere inaction in a 78-year-old is not reform. If it were, A Christmas Carol would have been a much shorter story.
  - knowaveragejoe 2y ago
    "TDS" and "orange man bad" are thought terminating cliches at this point. Do try to understand that people's criticisms and concerns are not unfounded
wyager 2y ago
> Anyone in a swing district interested in securing re-election should be considering it. Trump alone could easily tank almost any R congressman's reelection chances, and with big money backing him now, they can afford to bankroll the competitor's primary campaign.

Terr_ 2y ago

What scares me is that even if a slim Pro-Sanity coalition exists in both houses, Trump can simply continue to violate the Constitution willy-nilly if a core of Republicans remain complicit and block removal from office. After all, we're not just talking about an illegal retroactive on-demand line-item veto here, but plenty of other data-points, like a President that has blanket-pardoned criminals who already violently attacked congress in his name. What's the plan for when the USPS suddenly has "breakdowns" or "misplaces" mail-in-ballots collected from certain districts? Or when IRS tax records from candidates are leaked to opposing conservative campaigns? Citizenships being "revoked" just enough to stop people from voting?

tastyfreeze 2y ago
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- Terr_ 2y ago
  Hah, is your Ministry of Truth so strong that you have already forgotten his past and contemporary crimes, so that the lack of new ones in the future renders him retroactively innocent? The man could keel over quite morally-blamelessly from a coronary tomorrow, and the record of words and deeds left behind would still be that of a crook, a corrupt politician, and a wannabe dictator. Mere inaction in a 78-year-old is not reform. If it were, A Christmas Carol would have been a much shorter story.
- knowaveragejoe 2y ago
  "TDS" and "orange man bad" are thought terminating cliches at this point. Do try to understand that people's criticisms and concerns are not unfounded

wyager 2y ago

> Anyone in a swing district interested in securing re-election should be considering it. Trump alone could easily tank almost any R congressman's reelection chances, and with big money backing him now, they can afford to bankroll the competitor's primary campaign.