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It's not three more years. The midterms are this year. If the public don't like the status quo the Democrats will gain majorities and things should change. I

It's not three more years. The midterms are this year. If the public don't like the status quo the Democrats will gain majorities and things should change. It really is up to the voters to start fixing this. If they want to.

lateforwork 9mo ago
Even if Democrats were to take the House there still wouldn't be anything Democrats can do to stop Trump from attacking Denmark, would there?
- masfuerte 9mo ago
  The problem is that Trump is ignoring the law and nobody is doing anything about it. If the Democrats take the House they can impeach him.
  - lateforwork 9mo ago
    Impeachment does not do anything. He has been twice impeached in his first term.
    - masfuerte 9mo ago
      Yes, the Democrats need to take the Senate too. And they will if the voters want it.
      - lateforwork 9mo ago
        Two-thirds of the senate required to convict, which is unlikely.
        selectodude 9mo ago
        Impossible. There aren't enough open seats to get to 67 in the Senate.
  - krapp 9mo ago
    > If the Democrats take the House they can impeach him. Are we thinking third time's the charm? Maybe we should stop pretending that impeachment matters. It clearly doesn't.
  - dragonwriter 9mo ago
    They have already done that as many times to Trump as have been done to all other Presidents in US history combined; without conviction and removal, which requires a 2/3 supermajority in the Senate, impeachment has proven to be an ineffective constraint on Trump.
  - palmotea 9mo ago
    > If the Democrats take the House they can impeach him. So? They've literally done that twice before, and what did it accomplish? They fired that bullet and missed, trying to jam it back in the gun to take another shot isn't going to work.
Tadpole9181 9mo ago
To impeach and convict, Democrats would need 2/3 of the senate. If they won every single seat, they would still not have enough.
- deeg 9mo ago
  If the Dems won every seat (I can dream, can't I?) that would be such a massive rejection of trump that a few GOP might vote to convict.
dragonwriter 9mo ago
> The midterms are this year. If the public don't like the status quo the Democrats will gain majorities and things should change. Only the House is fully elected every two years, only 1/3 of the Senate is, and the swing states in Class II (the set up in 2026) are already held by Dems. Further, switching control of one or both Houses of Congress doesn't give the power to pass laws without also controlling the White House; it does give the power to block laws, but that may not do much to constrain an executive that is already flagrantly violating the law even with a partisan trifecta. And, while impeachment requires a simple a majority in the House, conviction and removal on impeachment charges takes 2/3 of the Senate, so even winning a majority wouldn't put that in reach.
UncleMeat 9mo ago
Unfortunately, dem leadership seems prepared to repeat the failures of the Biden administration. Dems returning to power and then just continuing largely on the status quo is not an acceptable outcome of the 2026 and 2028 elections. And with a willing supreme court insisting that numerous congressional restrictions on the president's power are actually unconstitutional, I'm not so certain that winning congress in 2026 will actually do much to limit Trump's criminal actions.

lateforwork 9mo ago

Even if Democrats were to take the House there still wouldn't be anything Democrats can do to stop Trump from attacking Denmark, would there?

masfuerte 9mo ago
The problem is that Trump is ignoring the law and nobody is doing anything about it. If the Democrats take the House they can impeach him.
- lateforwork 9mo ago
  Impeachment does not do anything. He has been twice impeached in his first term.
  - masfuerte 9mo ago
    Yes, the Democrats need to take the Senate too. And they will if the voters want it.
    - lateforwork 9mo ago
      Two-thirds of the senate required to convict, which is unlikely.
      - selectodude 9mo ago
        Impossible. There aren't enough open seats to get to 67 in the Senate.
- krapp 9mo ago
  > If the Democrats take the House they can impeach him. Are we thinking third time's the charm? Maybe we should stop pretending that impeachment matters. It clearly doesn't.
- dragonwriter 9mo ago
  They have already done that as many times to Trump as have been done to all other Presidents in US history combined; without conviction and removal, which requires a 2/3 supermajority in the Senate, impeachment has proven to be an ineffective constraint on Trump.
- palmotea 9mo ago
  > If the Democrats take the House they can impeach him. So? They've literally done that twice before, and what did it accomplish? They fired that bullet and missed, trying to jam it back in the gun to take another shot isn't going to work.

Tadpole9181 9mo ago

To impeach and convict, Democrats would need 2/3 of the senate. If they won every single seat, they would still not have enough.

deeg 9mo ago
If the Dems won every seat (I can dream, can't I?) that would be such a massive rejection of trump that a few GOP might vote to convict.

dragonwriter 9mo ago

> The midterms are this year. If the public don't like the status quo the Democrats will gain majorities and things should change. Only the House is fully elected every two years, only 1/3 of the Senate is, and the swing states in Class II (the set up in 2026) are already held by Dems. Further, switching control of one or both Houses of Congress doesn't give the power to pass laws without also controlling the White House; it does give the power to block laws, but that may not do much to constrain an executive that is already flagrantly violating the law even with a partisan trifecta. And, while impeachment requires a simple a majority in the House, conviction and removal on impeachment charges takes 2/3 of the Senate, so even winning a majority wouldn't put that in reach.

UncleMeat 9mo ago

Unfortunately, dem leadership seems prepared to repeat the failures of the Biden administration. Dems returning to power and then just continuing largely on the status quo is not an acceptable outcome of the 2026 and 2028 elections. And with a willing supreme court insisting that numerous congressional restrictions on the president's power are actually unconstitutional, I'm not so certain that winning congress in 2026 will actually do much to limit Trump's criminal actions.