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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,937 posts)
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 02:59 PM Dec 2018

Majority in poll want Trump impeached or censured

Nearly 60 percent of U.S. voters say President Trump should be either impeached and removed from office or formally censured according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released exclusively to The Hill.

The poll shows that a majority of votes think some kind of action should be taken against Trump, though they are divided on how far lawmakers should go as Democrats prepare to take over the House majority.

Asked whether Trump should be impeached and removed from office for his actions, censured by Congress of whether Congress should take no action, 39 percent of respondents said that Trump should be impeached and removed from office.

Impeachment would require a majority vote by the House - a possibility with a Democratic majority, though leadership in the party have been cautious on the topic. Conviction in the Senate would require a two-thirds vote, something unlikely in a body that will have 53 Republicans.

Twenty percent said that lawmakers should vote to formally censure the president.

Forty-one percent of respondents said that Congress should take no action against the president, according to the survey of 1,473 registered voters.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/majority-in-poll-want-trump-impeached-or-censured/ar-BBRxeHW?li=BBnb7Kz

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Majority in poll want Trump impeached or censured (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2018 OP
What good would "censuring" him do? Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2018 #1
I was thinking maybe some time in stocks on the Mall... TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 #2
I've thought that would be wonderful YessirAtsaFact Dec 2018 #3
39% wanting impeachment and removal is just not enough Hoyt Dec 2018 #4
59 percent said that the special counsel investigation is "hurting the country," progressoid Dec 2018 #5

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,411 posts)
1. What good would "censuring" him do?
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:01 PM
Dec 2018


That would be the equivalent of a slap on a wrist- or nothing more painful to Trump than a mosquito bite- and it wouldn't change his behavior.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
3. I've thought that would be wonderful
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:22 PM
Dec 2018

Some very public humiliation for someone who insults and attacks people for sport

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
4. 39% wanting impeachment and removal is just not enough
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:34 PM
Dec 2018

Censure is all but meaningless.

Mueller better come up with some stuff that we don’t even suspect.

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