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Not a big CNN fan, but this is a very well-done dissection.

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[-] wagoner@infosec.pub 189 points 1 year ago

The strategy here is to be able to say Biden was impeached, just like Trump was, when it comes to 2024. Devalue the process. Neutralize Trump's impeachments. You say Biden's is illegitimate? So does trump about his.

It doesn't matter to this strategy if the claims have any value. It doesn't matter if they never get voted on, either. Just having an inquiry could be enough.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

Conservatives love this shit. Every time the left starts using a new term, after about a six month lag the right will start using it, but they're so goddamn stupid they don't know what it means so they just use it as a general insult.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

They know exactly what it is. But they want to water it down.

The Trump administration took legitimate concern over fake news stories and changed the idea of "fake news" to be anything that wasn't actively supportive of one's position.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago
[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

The strategy here is to be able to say Biden was impeached, just like Trump was, when it comes to 2024. Devalue the process. Neutralize Trump’s impeachments.

We as a society have a real problem, when one side loses the culture wars, and decides a pyrrhic victory is the way to go, what happens to all of us then.

[-] June@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Yep, 100% delegitimizing impeachment that doesn’t include removal from office. Though, they did that with Clinton already.

[-] Ibex0@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Absolutely, minimize the whole concept of impeachment AND if you get any new information, (like Hillary's email server being revealed during Benghazi hearings) that's a bonus.

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