Gop to try to keep the HOUSE -at all costs for fear of Trump impeachment.....

[riversedge]

countdown time. but I am not getting my hopes up..





Impeachment looms large in White House midterm plans

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385575-impeachment-looms-large-in-white-house-midterm-plans


By Alexander Bolton and Melanie Zanona - 04/30/18 06:53 PM EDT


President Trump wants to step up efforts to protect Republican control of the House in hopes of avoiding an impeachment debate and congressional investigations if Democrats seize the chamber, according to GOP sources.

“It is super important to the White House, and really the whole White House is very focused on it,” said a source familiar with strategy talks about protecting the House majority.

“The president is expected to dial up efforts in this regard during and after the August recess,” the source added.

While Democratic leaders in the House are playing any talk of impeachment very carefully, the idea of impeaching Trump has strong support within the party’s liberal base.

Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), who raised $6.7 million in the first quarter for a Senate bid against incumbent Ted Cruz (R), goosed his fundraising last month by pledging to vote for impeachment. And Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said over the weekend that 70 percent of Democrats want to impeach the president.

Those comments have grabbed Trump’s attention and led him to see protecting the House as vitally important.

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Another party strategist said the order from the president to the Republican National Committee (RNC) has been clear: Protect the House at all costs................................

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The RNC surprised Senate Republicans recently when it announced that protecting the House would be it’s top priority, putting less emphasis on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) goal of protecting and expanding the Senate GOP majority.....................................

[Kaleva]

1. What the GOP wants and what Trump wants may be 2 different things.

Trump may send out the order to protect the House majority but it remains to be seen if the GOP, especially the rank an file, respond.

If the lackluster showing at Trump's rally in Washington, Mi., where attendance was 2/3 less then projected, is any indication, the rank and file may not show up this election day.

[Iliyah]

3. You mean they can't get enough people to come to the rallies and act crazy,

hateful and stupid? Come on Russia, you are falling behind. Also, believe it or not, there are plenty of "sane" Republicans that want him impeached as well.

[Lochloosa]

2. I would prefer to take over the Senate and put a stop to the radicals trump is putting on the courts

[DavidDvorkin]

5. Agreed, but at least the House is within reach.

[MFM008]

4. 6 months

And 5 days till the reckoning.

[0rganism]

6. "the time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end..."

"... highness"

[DFW]

7. Ayatollah Pence is counting the days, but the Senate will never crown him emperor

If Trump is impeached, so what?

There will never be 67 Senators that will vote for conviction and removal from office. So then what? Trump gets to strut and crow that "the American People" have spoken that they love him and want him to continue in office, blah blah blah.

I would rather he be indicted and sued for so many crimes that the twin burdens of distraction and embarrassment cause him to say "my work is done here," and head for Abu Dhabi, or wherever he can live out his days with no fear of extradition. Then impeach Pence for the crap he will surely try to pull once he thinks his crown is securely glued on.

[ooky]

10. Agreed. At this point I'm starting to believe Mueller could find evidence

he murdered people and partisan Republicans would still protect him. They would rather have a criminal President than a democrat President.

[Kingofalldems]

8. The GOP dirty tricks will be flying

and they will invade Democratic sites to spread disinformation and to 'concern' troll 24/7.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. They've already refused to agree to not use hacked materials

so there's that to have to worry about too.

[workinclasszero]

9. Dirty tricks coming

More Al Franken/Joy Reid kangaroo court lynchings ahead I bet.