If Trump is impeached, is there a 2/3 majority in the Senate that would remove him from office?

[OnlinePoker]

When Bill Clinton was impeached, he was saved from removal by the Senate trial and carried on as President. Would the same happen with Trump?

[JenniferJuniper]

1. Not yet.

[regnaD kciN]

6. ...but it's getting closer.

Until recently, I thought there was no way that sufficient Republican senators would ever turn against Trump. Now, I’m not so sure. I think the Syria/Mattis fiasco has had significant impact — as have signs the economy may be headed into recession.

[Andy823]

13. I felt the same

And like you I am think that things might be changing. I still think some of the republicans in the Senate may be compromised either from taking Russian money, or that Russia has something on them. I do believe Russia hacked the republicans, just like they did the Democrats.

What it will take is for republicans to realize just how much more damage trump is going to do to the county, and decide no matter what, the country comes first. I am just not sure how many will find that come to Jesus moment before it's too late.

[smb]

18. What Will Untimately Sink Him Is...

...big-money donors losing mega-millions to the #TrumpSlump calling the GOP "leadership" and telling them in no uncertain terms to get rid of the temper-tantrum throwing toddler.

[elleng]

19. but day by day things improve for US, and deteriorate for him.

Part of the deterioration is himself, which he can't help, being as impaired as he is.

Congressional repugs are noticing it, and will continue to do so.

[MineralMan]

2. That depends on how the Republicans in the Senate

evaluate their re-election chances.

[question everything]

4. This is why we need to concentrate on the ones not up for re-elections until 2022

or 2024

[ginnyinWI]

3. Just wait.

Let the Mueller report come out and then let's see how many we have.

[mainstreetonce]

5. Would he run again

As an already impeached president?

[regnaD kciN]

7. I believe, if you're impeached and convicted, you're barred from public office...

[Polybius]

17. The poster was likely talking about if he was impeached but not convicted

If he was convicted, there's no way he would win a primary against a sitting President Pence, even if he could run again (which he probably can't)

[OnlinePoker]

9. If he's impeached but not found guilty by the Senate? In a heart beat

Sociopaths don't care what anybody thinks of them as long as they get their way.

[RockRaven]

8. Senate GOPers need a good enough excuse/argument which still allows them a re-election primary win

and then they just might go for it -- given what Trump's tariffs and the shutdown and Fed criticism have done to the stock market and what his decisions in the Middle East and Europe and the Pacific have done for national security, I don't think they are very happy having him as POTUS -- so a Mueller report showing frankly traitorous behavior would be a good start.

[TSheehan]

15. Their excuse/argument would be President Pence.

[edhopper]

10. Who gives a shit

we can't let crimes go unchecked. When he is found to have committed multiple felonies and conspired with a foriegn power, we must impeach.
Let it be on their heads.

[oberliner]

11. There are zero Republicans in the Senate that would vote to remove him from office

[jberryhill]

12. Not yet

These threads seem to usually miss the fact that’s minds - even dim and stubborn ones - can change.

There is much yet to be revealed.

[elleng]

21. Yes. It's a process,

which many ignore or forget. (Process easier for those in the legal profession than others, obviously.)

[TSheehan]

14. Nope, unfortunately

[NightWatcher]

16. I'd like someone to start a giant digital billboard in DC showing how many Sens are in favor of

and who they are by name.

I can assume we'd start on Jan 3 with 47 in favor of, with only 19 to flip. Then every time he does something horrible he can watch his jury decide his fate via a flashing billboard aimed at the WH.









Does this mean I have to go start the GoFundMe now?

[elleng]

23. NOT a good idea. They have to 'evolve,'

and do so gradually, without being embarrassed.

[NightWatcher]

31. Are you sure?

I think every time he does something horrible or another crime comes out, we should be able to "treason shame" or some other word to put pressure on the repuke senate members. We must shame the pukes and threaten them any way we can.

Plus, imagine the pressure it'd put on dingleberry donnie, if he saw a crawling tally, slowly
and then in spurts making its way to 67.

[Claritie Pixie]

20. Can't answer that. Can't determine by what GOP Sens say (or don't say) publicly.

[elleng]

22. Right, but it's happening.

[Claritie Pixie]

24. Agree.

[doc03]

25. No and we have people like Joe Manchin that wouldn't vote for it either nt

[Mike Nelson]

26. I don't think...

… so, presently. There are not 67 votes to convict. Hopefully, the investigations will have an impact and Republicans will want to convict him... Even if there are not votes to convict, the Democrats should impeach later in the next year - just to have that on record.

[Fiendish Thingy]

27. Doesn't matter

Impeachment is the right thing to do, to protect the country, protect the Constitution, to speak out against what's wrong, and stand up for what's right. I categorically reject the premise that impeachment without conviction will damage the Dems in 2020. On the contrary, I think impeachment hearings will fire up the voters, especially young progressives, leading into the primaries.

The only thing that matters is the timing. Give the new Congress time for some scorching hearings and investigations, wait for the release (or suppression) of Meuller's final report, then proceed with impeachment hearings. Late summer/early fall 2019 would be just about right. A senate trial that dragged on into the 2020 primaries would be delightful, and may give a boost to any GOP challengers to Trump. If McConnel quashes a trial without an up or down vote to convict, then I wonder if the new Dem majority in the incoming 2021 senate could initiate a trial?

I'll bet by this time next year, there will be some GOP senators supporting impeachment.

[PhrankT]

28. What if we're still in a shut-down after Jan 3rd?

[workinclasszero]

29. Not yet

But who knows what the new year is going to bring.

[gratuitous]

30. The Republicans stood strongly with Nixon

Until the moment they didn't. It was 10 months from the Saturday night massacre in October 1973 until Nixon's resignation in August 1974. When the partisan dam finally broke, it went fast.

I sense that there are Republicans in the Senate who would just as soon be shut of Trump, but they don't dare buck their caucus. Yet. As more information comes out, and as Trump gets more and more out of control, there's going to be a key Republican Senator who says, "Enough."