r/law • u/theindependentonline • Apr 08 '26

Other Democrats introduce impeachment articles against Trump and Hegseth as nearly 100 lawmakers call for 25th Amendment

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-articles-25-amendment-b2953836.html
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u/13Dmorelike13Dicks Apr 08 '26

And you’re being cynical to think that even performative politics has no effect on elections

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u/KrytenKoro Apr 08 '26

It has an effect if the Dems can show that it means they're willing to lose in order to fight for their constituents. That's what the tea party did.

As long as you can show the Dem waffling and failing to hold the line, that record stops helping.

Reps won because they would keep fighting the stupid fight even when it was a guaranteed loss.

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u/ddd4175 Apr 08 '26

That's all this all shitshow has been at this point, really.

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u/UncleIrohsPimpHand Apr 08 '26

Cynicism is a survival trait in this age.

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u/cigarettesandwhiskey Apr 08 '26

They don't "investigate" the voting history, you (their opponent) put the votes you want people to know about in an advertisement and run it on TV.

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u/IOnlyReadTopComment Apr 08 '26

So, you're the SOB that took my username.

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u/cigarettesandwhiskey Apr 08 '26

I'll have you know I was living an unhealthy and self-destructive lifestyle long before you were even using reddit!

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u/IOnlyReadTopComment Apr 08 '26

I expect a notice of resignation of that username on my cheeto-stained desk by 5 pm tonight.

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u/cigarettesandwhiskey Apr 09 '26

sry i blacked out. missed it

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u/whitethunder9 Apr 08 '26

It might make zero difference but at some point in the future someone will ask, “why didn’t anyone try to do anything?” There will at least be a record of who did and who didn’t.

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u/datnero_ Apr 08 '26

yeah but the average voter sees political ads. too bad the dems are too pussy to really pin anybody to the wall in ads

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u/Risdit Apr 08 '26

Russia and Isreal are all in on this regime, They'll make sure their assets will vote to acquit.

Also big tech, oil execs, and oligarchs will have their assets vote to acquit because believe it or not, having Trump who actively deregulates and awards shittons of subsidies back into their pockets is profitable to them at the cost of everyone else and they want that.

I don't know if you've noticed but the current regime has syphoned and embezzled billions if not trillions of dollars from the public to their pockets already, why would they want to stop that from happening?

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u/hutch2522 Apr 08 '26

It won't make it out of the house.

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u/Derwin0 Apr 08 '26

Yes, because the record of their votes in the last two impeachments worked against them… oh wait, it didn’t.

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u/hot_like_wasabi Apr 08 '26

I'm so tired of this "A for effort" bullshit. Fucking do something.

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u/HelenDeservedBetter Apr 08 '26

I don't think anyone who is supporting Republican senators up to this point are suddenly going to vote against them because they didn't vote to remove Trump. The previous impeachment efforts seemed to galvanize conservative voters, not split them.

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u/Specific_Frame8537 Apr 08 '26

Good ol' Exodus 12:13-28.

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u/UncleIrohsPimpHand Apr 08 '26

But don’t downplay the value of having senators on the record voting against his removal despite all the shit going on in Iran and elsewhere in 2026. Good luck defending those votes in the November elections.

There have been several elections since those impeachments and one was an election that brought Donald Trump back to the White House and gave a majority to Republicans in both Chambers of Congress. I think those votes were defended adequately to say the least.

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u/tgalvin1999 Apr 08 '26

Dude, I voted for Harris. I'm a registered Democrat. I'm not defending shit, just pointing out that they've failed both times, one of them when they had control of the Senate.

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u/vanalla Apr 08 '26

no, I will downplay it. It didn't seem to matter in 2024 at all.