Will The Republicans Spend The Next 4 Years Trying to Impeach Biden?

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 With all the alleged shenanigans that have come to light a about -  soon to be put out to pasture - Joe  Biden and his family, I have to ask, will there be attempts to impeach "the sonofabitch" ?

Is it plausible in the light of  revelations and admissions and the "laptop from hell" that seem to point to corruption or treason?
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Do you think they will?

Do you think they should?
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yes they should
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Is it plausible in the light of  revelations and admissions and the "laptop from hell" that seem to point to corruption or treason?
this is just sad. The laptop is:

1) highly suspicious in origin. the story of how it got where it is doesn't make any sense. Which means we don't know the story of how the laptop was acquired by the republicans

2) There is nothing criminal on the laptop, at least that has been revealed. 

So impeaching based on information that we don't know where it comes from, and that doesn't even show a crime being committed is extremely stupid. 

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I have just watched  -  soon to be put out to pasture - Joe  Biden admit to  Quid pro quo with the Ukraine.


This is something that was alleged against Trump wasn't it, in his impeachment ordeal?   Why was is it an impeachable offence, Doc? 
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that would be great
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then why was trump impeached
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then why was trump impeached
abuse of power and obstruction of congress. He arranged a quid pro quo with the Ukraine where they would slander his political opponent and in exchange he would release funding they had been promised. He then obstructed congress' investigation of the scandal. 
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Impeachments don't work. The case has to be very strong. Trump's impeachment case was weak and it wasn't even a serious attempt in my eyes. If the house democrats were serious about it they would have subpoenaed more witnesses, like Bolton, to testify in the proceedings. They would have made a stronger case, but they didn't, which suggests to me that there was some ulterior motive, plausibly a political stunt.
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that was not successful
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They would have made a stronger case [against Trump].

Do the republicans have case against Biden? 



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that was not successful
incorrect. trump was impeached. he wasn't convicted by the senate, but that is a different question. 

trump was impeached.

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Republicans don't have the house so that won't happen.
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trump was impeached.

And Dems lost a bunch of House seats over that authoritarian bullshit.

Good job Pelosi.
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And Dems lost a bunch of House seats over that authoritarian bullshit.
only a fool could think that exercising the powers granted by the constitution is somehow "authoritarian bullshit". But of course, once you join the trumpist cult reality is whatever the dear leader says it is.
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Just remember... a good portion of Biden voters voted out the people that spent your tax dollars indicting a sitting president for non-crimes.

Call then whatever names you want, it happened.

The penalty for Abuse of Congressional Powers is a loss of Democrat House seats.

It's now a matter of history.
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Just remember... a good portion of Biden voters voted out the people that spent your tax dollars indicting a sitting president for non-crimes.
Abuse of power and obstruction of congress are some of the most serious crimes a sitting president can commit. A president that abuses his power for personal gain and to destroy political enemies, then covering up those crimes when being investigated, that is exactly the kind of thing the founding fathers were afraid presidents would do. That is exactly the kind of thing they designed impeachment for. 

The penalty for Abuse of Congressional Powers is a loss of Democrat House seats.
no, they did exactly what the founding fathers wanted them to do in such a scenario. They are being punished for being right wing corporatists who have no interest in actually helping the people of america. But make no mistake, the republicans are guilty of the same thing. 
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Abuse of power and obstruction of congress are some of the most serious crimes a sitting president can commit.

You truly can't believe this. I can think of hundreds of actual criminal actions that are more devastating to the country than these 2 things.

Obstruction of Congress is part of the congressional duty of a sitting President. if a president does not obstruct Congress, then there is no need for a president. We can just have a Congress with no president to interfere with Congressional authority. It's not a crime. It's called the constitutional balance of power.

Abuse of Power isn't a crime. It is used to describe a specific criminal behavior of which none were actually named in the impeachment. It's like going before a judge and having the judge say you are guilty of the crime of being a criminal. It's utter nonsense. What would have been legitimate would be a charge of Abuse of Power through the Bribing of a foreign official. That would have been an actual crime. But it's too late (or early depending on your agenda) to rewrite history.

And the voters showed it at the polls when they voted out a good number of those fools abusing their Congressional powers to remove Orangeman for the fabricated crime of "being bad."

no, they did exactly what the founding fathers wanted them to do in such a scenario.
Yes, the voters held the House accountable for bad behavior.


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Do you think Pelosi should be held accountable for losing house seats despite a Biden victory?

Who gets the blame for this fuckup? It certainly aint the Orangeman's fault.
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Abuse of Power isn't a crime. It is used to describe a specific criminal behavior of which none were actually named in the impeachment. It's like going before a judge and having the judge say you are guilty of the crime of being a criminal. It's utter nonsense.
you seem to misunderstand the situation. Impeachment does not require a criminal action. Donald trump used the power of president to coerce a foreign power to slander his political rival in an attempt to hold onto political power. A president abusing the power of his office to subvert the democratic process (in this case by slandering his rival) is one of the worst things a president can do. 

Obstruction of Congress is part of the congressional duty of a sitting President. if a president does not obstruct Congress, then there is no need for a president.
this is just wildly untrue. A president doesn't have to, and shouldn't do, everything congress wants him to do. But one of the main roles of congress is to act as a check on the president. As such they need to be able to investigate the actions of the president to determine if they require his impeachment. Blocking congress from doing that is an impeachable offense. 

And the voters showed it at the polls when they voted out a good number of those fools abusing their Congressional powers to remove Orangeman for the fabricated crime of "being bad."
there is no evidence that the 2 events have anything to do with each other. 

Do you think Pelosi should be held accountable for losing house seats despite a Biden victory?
absolutely. she is a right wing neo-lib who plays games with the lives of the american people. She should be held accountable for that. 

Who gets the blame for this fuckup? It certainly aint the Orangeman's fault.
that depends on which fuckup you are referring to. A great many things are trump's fault. A great many are not. 
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A president abusing the power of his office to subvert the democratic process (in this case by slandering his rival).

How can I possibly take you seriously when you post this kind of nonsense?

Name me one president that has never said a bad thing about his rival. I'll wait.

 Blocking congress from doing that is an impeachable offense. 
Exactly how did Trump BLOCK Congress from impeaching him?
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How can I possibly take you seriously when you post this kind of nonsense?

Name me one president that has never said a bad thing about his rival. I'll wait.
that is not even close to what i said. I said he abused the power of his office to get a foreign power to slander his rival by accusing him of fake crimes. That isn't "saying something bad" about a rival. That is abusing the office of the president to get a foreign power interfere in an election. That is an extremely bad thing for a president to do. 
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absolutely. she is a right wing neo-lib who plays games with the lives of the american people. She should be held accountable for that. 

Yeah, guess it's Pelosi's fault then for the fuckup.
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Okay, name me one president that has NEVER asked a non-American what they thought of his political rival. I'll wait.
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absolutely. she is a right wing neo-lib who plays games with the lives of the american people. She should be held accountable for that. 
Yeah, guess it's Pelosi's fault then for the fuckup.
yes, she certainly has blame for the result. I would say playing games with the stimulus bill likely had something to do with it. People don't like having their livelihood screwed with for a political game. 

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Okay, name me one president that has NEVER asked a non-American what they thought of his political rival. I'll wait.
again, that is nothing even close to what trump did. He didn't ask a non-american what they thought. He extorted the leader of a foreign country to announce a bogus investigation for the sole reason of slandering a political opponent in an attempt to steal an election. 

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He extorted the leader of a foreign country to announce a bogus investigation for the sole reason of slandering a political opponent in an attempt to steal an election. 

Wasn't in the impeachment articles, but thanks for your contribution to fantasy history.

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That's cheating.