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128 Democrats join House Republicans to block AOC, Al Green bid to impeach Trump
(www.independent.co.uk)
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this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2025
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They should have done it on day one and continued every day to explain to the public why it is necessary and how he is corrupt and dangerously incompetent if he remains.
This, in a nutshell, is what is wrong with the Democratic Party.
If one of these folks is your rep, CALL their office and ask them why they voted to table the impeachment vote, and let them know you're thinking seriously about not casting a vote for them the next time you have the opportunity.
Fucking seriously??? These assholes could finally do something and the roll over. Pieces of shit.
They had no chance of passing it so they're not even going to protest vote I guess. I can't come up with any good reason why they're doing this. They're kissing T's ass at the Hague today when he should be there on trial. Maybe they're just going to publicly fall in line.
Why people keep thinking the democrats will ever be more than passive bystanders to corruption and greed. They benefit regardless who's in charge as long as it's not left of them
Liberals are against every war except the current one.
This is so messed up.
First of all, this is bullshit - every one of the 128 Democrats needs to be primaried out asap. (which of them are up in midterms?)
Second of all, this is another deliberate swipe at AOC and this will not stand, man.
Thirdly - however. We did this with Gee Dubz in early 2000s. Launching a missile strike without Congress' input was already hashed out, and the president can do it. They did it by some bullshit where "going to war" is a whole seal, stamp, and magic incantation hullaballoo. If you remember Hillary voting for the Iraq War II, that was what that was about - they got to a point where Gee Dubz time had run out and he would either have to cut the shit or Congress would have to let him do it. Yes, Dems ate shit back then too, yes. NOT ALL - we had AOCs back then too. But the old ones were "only" sixty back then.
Fourthly - this was never going to go anywhere because we'd need 20 House republiQans to give up their lucrative careers to join in the effort which would then die in the Senate again.
And Lastly - I don't know what 128 Democrats got for what will be costly to them personally, but it was something. Was it worth it? Let's make sure it was not.
all of them are up in the midterms, these are congressmen, they only serve 2 year terms. fuck them, primary out these asshats.
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Conspiracy Theory time: Most Democratic politicians are actually just robots piloted by far-right government agents
Huh?! But it's clear grounds for impeachment! I hope everyone starts flooding their inboxes and phone lines...
I'm confused as to what's different about this situation? Why is this an impeachable offense, but Biden bombing Yemen wasn't? Or Trump 1.0 bombing Syria? Or Obama bombing and drone striking all sorts of places that weren't Iraq or Afghanistan?
Nobody tried to impeach a president before for taking unilateral non-Congressional-approved military actions, so I'm not clear on what makes this different?
My understanding is that for the US to go to war, it needs to be passed in Congress. Trump bombing Iran last week was not passed through Congress and is an act that can get him impeached, is also my understanding.
As for the previous events, my assumption was that it was passed by Congress. But if not, then... That's a failure of your own system and I can't really say anything other than that.
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This just shows all of them are complicit. Democrats and republicans, all same shit.