Why cannot the Congress do anything about this scofflaw that is wrecking our Constitution...?

[kentuck]

...and ignoring our laws?

Yeah, they tried impeachment. But that was then. This is now.

In my opinion, it is not acceptable to do nothing under these circumstances.

The Congress and the Senate both are given the authority to deal with reckless executives.

They can censure. They can impeach. They can convict. They can publicly criticize with a stern warning to straighten his shit up.

They have the authority. But they don't seem to have the will. They are so covetous of their positions of power that they are willing to overlook the will of the people and our Constitution and laws.

The Congress should have already acted.

[regnaD kciN]

1. They. Don't. Want. To.

At least the Republicans who control the Senate don't. They're quite happy with their leader finding a way to remain in power despite the will of the electorate (once again).

[Poiuyt]

5. I don't know if it's because they don't want to, or that they're too afraid of him

I think it's more the latter. They have absolutely no political courage and are afraid of getting a mean tweet from donny.

[jmowreader]

2. "Cannot" is not the correct word. "Will not" is.

Yes, they could impeach the son-of-a-bitch for the worst crimes he's committed (so that he couldn't be pardoned for committing them), but the fucking Republicans are having too much fun watching him trash the nation.

[bluestarone]

3. Maybe a Democratic senator should go to the senate floor with

A LIST of laws broken by RUMP, starting with the day after the House impeached him!!! FOR PUBLIC RECORD!!!

[stillcool]

4. you mean how states are conducting...

their elections...those state legislatures? Is trying to though out my vote a crime if it isn't actually thrown out? What is the role of Congress in my state government?

[kentuck]

6. But it doesn't have to be a crime...

per se.

[BigmanPigman]

7. I don't know if Lieu thinks the House can pass this Inherent Contempt can do this now

or later.

Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) Tweeted:
I’m going to give my personal view:

CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENAS ARE MEANINGLESS BECAUSE WE CANNOT ENFORCE THEM.

The GSA will simply ignore the subpoena and litigate, which takes years to resolve.

We can fix this by passing House Rules change to authorize Inherent Contempt power.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Demsrule86]

8. What is the point of impeaching without conviction sure way to lose GA.

[kentuck]

12. Why is that a sure way to lose GA?

Will that get all the Trumpsters out to vote? Or all the Democrats out to vote. Democrats did pretty good in GA in the general.

If nothing else, it might occupy his time before all hell blows up? He is a sick man.

[Demsrule86]

18. I don't think it will get moderate Democrats out to vote in Georgia and it may inflame Trumpers.

It would be worth it if Trump would have to leave. But he won't leave thanks to the Senate. Sometimes there is nothing that can be done. We need to focus on certifying the election in the swing states Biden won and Democrats should speak out and they do. We have no influence over the GOP Senate who will not call Trump to account.

[kurtcagle]

9. Trump's a lame duck

He's discovering the hard way what that actually means. He is losing power and credibility by the hour, and increasingly he's being ignored. Yes his current antics are infuriating, but I think Pelosi and company have the right idea: just ignore the bastard. The JCS are not going to back him. Bill Barr has lately all but disappeared, which is the only reason that Guilliani is acting as Trump's sock puppet. The swing states are certifying their results today, and the courts are getting to the stage where the judges aren't even opening up the lawsuits to read them.

In sixty days, Joe Biden will become President of the United States. At that point, everyone who has been obstructing will be given pink slips, followed shortly thereafter by injunctions and subpoenas.

Yes, Trump is attempting to launch a coup. The problem is that it is way too late. He has pissed off potential allies, has lost the respect of the military, and even his great Million Man moment fizzled as people who were already worried about their own arrest records wisely decided that Trump was not worth it. Now his spending the GOP's money like water in an attempt to not be evicted, and the Republicans who are very worried about losing the Senate are now faced with some cold hard realities - support Trump and watch as Georgia goes up in flames, or abandon Trump to keep a thin sliver of control.

Trump's trying to do his damnedest to throw a temper tantrum, but I'd be willing to bet that the people who actually implement the orders of the executive branch right now are just watching him flail, and taking off on Winter vacation.

[mcar]

10. You mean Congressional Republicans, of course. Nt

[Progressive dog]

11. It is not time to distract from what Trump

is doing. Let him destroy the GOP, his only skill is destruction.

[kentuck]

13. You may be right?

We 'll know if Democrats take both Senate seats in GA, perhaps?

[Demsrule86]

19. Nope. Those Senate seats will be hard to win but we have to try.

[Doodley]

15. The trouble is he has huge support for what he is doing and he is dividing America.

How can Joe Biden be an effective president is nearly half of all Americans believe he stole the election? It needs to be stopped.

[Progressive dog]

17. It will end, but we shouldn't focus

on what he is doing. It is unfortunate that many Trumpers are easily conned, they are not going to accept that he lost fairly no matter what the normal people say or do.
After Biden is sworn in, the attention on Trump will fade away. He and his idiot enablers will be relegated to having press conferences on loading docks next to porn shops.

[Doodley]

14. I 100% agree. They need to act decisively. In addition they need a campaign with a slogan like:

Stop the bad loser in the White House from wrecking America.

[Caliman73]

16. Congress is the whole of 2 Chambers. House & Senate.

The House impeached Trump in February. The Senate failed to convict, which is needed for removal.

The Congress as a body has checks and balances. Each chamber has specific things they can do, however, removing the Executive is something that requires BOTH Chambers to act in support of each other.

What do you think the House can do alone? What can the Senate do alone, to reign in the power of the executive.

Do you know what a Censure is? It is a verbal chastisement, maybe written. Know what effect it has on a President? Ask Bill Clinton, he was censured.