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bearsfootball516

(6,378 posts)
2. Because there aren't 20 Republican senators who are willing to put country over party.
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 04:35 PM
Jan 2019

If they were, he wouldn't be in the Oval Office right now.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
5. Oh, it's up to him. He might tick off a bunch of folks, but he could call a press conference today,
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 04:53 PM
Jan 2019

and he'd have every media person there to hear him.

He's old enough and in a position to just say, "Screw GOPers, this is too important to withhold while trump messes up the world."

tblue37

(65,552 posts)
8. Because over 300 of the GOP members of both houses of Congress are up to
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 05:10 PM
Jan 2019

their ears in rubles, and because Putin has 10 years worth of emails stolen from the RNC server.

Who knows what other kompromat Putin has also gathered on them over the years.

Maven

(10,533 posts)
11. Because we have a 240 year old Constitution that enables minority rule
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 05:24 PM
Jan 2019

And did not contemplate an entire major political party abetting treason

dlk

(11,606 posts)
12. Simply Because He's Not the Only Republican Compromised by the Russians
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 05:39 PM
Jan 2019

Trump has lots of company in that regard.

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