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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsif things fall apart, they will fall apart very quickly.
i know it seems like donald fraud will obstruct and just get worse and worse right up to election day and beyond.
that's entirely possible.
but if things fall apart for him, they will do so very quickly.
republicans are getting close to crossing the rubicon. getting rid of donald fraud and running pence or anyone else instead may not seem appealing for them, but having impeachment proceedings or similarly embarrassing investigations going on at the height of the presidential campaign might just be even worse.
the longer republicans delay, the more they find themselves trapped into backing donald fraud no matter how ludicrous he gets, and he's getting pretty damn ridiculous already. imagine him a year from now.
one republican openly saying he committed impeachable offenses may not sound like much, but we're fast approaching the time where a tiny pebble cracking the glass can quickly leads to spider cracks and then the whole thing just shatters.
it may not be this guy, it may not be the next guy. and again, he can certainly survive until the election.
but it's also possible the whole house of crooked cards comes down in the blink of an eye.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)So many repubes will piss on America, the law, and basic morality, and back Dirty Donny & his Russian cronies all the way to Hell.
* aka republican Draft-dodger-in-Chief
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(52,561 posts)But I think a lot of them are privately worried he'll bring them all down, and the scandal potential right before the election is huge. Republicans could get walloped.
If enough of them see a politically safer future for themselves without Donald fraud, they'll dump him in a heartbeat.
Chin music
(23,004 posts)And I didn't even WANT to watch any of it. Ahem. (See what I did there?)
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(52,561 posts)Chin music
(23,004 posts)I was making a point that, both ends are available for a commitment hearing, the guy making the speech, and the ones who listen.
Oh HAIL no I don't watch that fool.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)How do you keep your brain cells from going into a 10 G spin and exploding?
Thats what my brain feels like when he says just one thing on his way to the helicopter on the way to a rally.
Chin music
(23,004 posts)he's just finished up a bunch of work and he's taking a few last questions from a loyal press?? SO irritating. Funny the questions he acts like he can't hear, in the same situation. (Loud rotors.)
BigmanPigman
(51,715 posts)We may not even see ot that way until we look back in hindsight. I believe that if it unravels before the election that it will be pretty rapid. Don't blink.
H2O Man
(73,723 posts)I think things will increase in pace. It's important to look at how it has picked up momentum .....not only including the information that documents how corrupt Trump is and how people have responded to it, but by the increase in defensive resistance by the White House.
There will be more obstructive tactics by Trump & Co. At times, good people will find the pace frustrating. But overall, things are good, and getting better all the time (to quote Sir Paul). We've seen that 1,000+ former federal prosecutors signed the letter about Trump's crimes. And we are seeing that federal judges aren't buying the Trump defense.
Grasswire2
(13,579 posts)Eyes wide open, America.
walkingman
(7,729 posts)a good whipping. Sometimes that it what it takes to straighten out a child.
corbettkroehler
(1,898 posts)I suspect that Mnuchin still won't comply and, weeks from now, he will be dragged before that same judge to defend himself for contempt of court. However, in terms of stalling, this is not the end.
Thanks to triron for sharing the good news!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212112860
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