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yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:21 AM Feb 2017

IF TRUMP is found guilty of collusion with the Russians what will happen?


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Nothing, the Republicans will turn a blind eye to it, and allow him to govern.
8 (40%)
He will be impeached, provided Pence can convince the Republicans he is better
2 (10%)
Trump will Resign
2 (10%)
I don't know
2 (10%)
I don't care
0 (0%)
Either way he can go fuck himself!
6 (30%)
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IF TRUMP is found guilty of collusion with the Russians what will happen? (Original Post) yuiyoshida Feb 2017 OP
Guilty by who? DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #1
Yeh a smoking gun would be interesting... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #2
We give him a pink prison outfit randr Feb 2017 #3
LOL DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #5
Well that would be great provided that yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #6
Now that would "Make America Great Again"! Love it! Docreed2003 Feb 2017 #53
I am sooo hoping for impeachment or resignation. Kath2 Feb 2017 #4
Sadly, the Dark side is too strong with him.... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #8
I am afraid you are right. Kath2 Feb 2017 #31
They're going to drag his out kicking and screaming Afromania Feb 2017 #7
As much as I would like to see it, I don't think there is any justice left in this sorry nation yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #9
I hear ya, there really hasn't been a whole lot of it for a while Afromania Feb 2017 #13
This is a sorry nation. Kath2 Feb 2017 #33
Join the club... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #37
I am glad to be in the club with you. Kath2 Feb 2017 #41
It gets worse.... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #43
Damn right. Kath2 Feb 2017 #47
Yep, they have gone to the dark side.... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #49
Glad to see things like this. Kath2 Feb 2017 #50
Comey, Chaffetz, the House Republicans and Senior FBI staff will all have their heads rolling poli3 Feb 2017 #10
This sounds about right. yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #11
The difference is Reagan had a reservoir of public good will he could tap. Drumpf is loathed. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #12
repubs already know that the general public loathes them which is why they have to gerrymander poli3 Feb 2017 #16
...& Sessions &Turtleman.There is no one left who is clean with power to investigate for prosecution Alice11111 Feb 2017 #57
Besides his approval dropping two percentage points ProudLib72 Feb 2017 #14
You are being overly pessimistic. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #20
Perhaps ProudLib72 Feb 2017 #32
No.The investigators& the investgatees are the same ppl Alice11111 Feb 2017 #69
Either way ornotna Feb 2017 #15
I got a feeling the REPUBLICANS will never give up power... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #17
More, after he has packed the fed courts for 30 years Alice11111 Feb 2017 #70
Nothing, until "nothing" ceases to be an option Spider Jerusalem Feb 2017 #18
I said above that its not likely we will see Dems rule in a very long time yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #21
I dont see him ever resigning. Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #22
I'm gonna go with "depends on found guilty by who, what, and how specifically" Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #19
To THE DARK SIDE we have gone.. very sad. yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #23
He will run and hide. nt JTFrog Feb 2017 #24
sneak off to golf courses... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #26
Sessions is where the buck stops sellitman Feb 2017 #25
pretty much.... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #27
Could? sellitman Feb 2017 #62
Yeah, right? yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #63
Trump is still too useful C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #28
Exactly, he is a distraction for the Nation so the Republicans can quietly strip apart this nation yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #29
We are TOTALLY fucked. Kath2 Feb 2017 #35
I had avoided saying it, but i agree Alice11111 Feb 2017 #58
"WE ARE FUCKED!!!, but we have to keep plugging anyway." Kath2 Feb 2017 #59
... Alice11111 Feb 2017 #67
The Nazi-in-Chief should be tried for treason... no question! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2017 #30
except by who?? yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #34
Right on. Kath2 Feb 2017 #38
This is why I voted... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #39
I am so with that thought. Kath2 Feb 2017 #44
Nothing oberliner Feb 2017 #36
How long do you think before we get control again? yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #40
Sadly, it does not look promising oberliner Feb 2017 #42
All sides... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #46
either way he can go FUCK HIMSELF Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #45
no, nor will there be no fair and clean elections... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #48
true enough! Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #52
That's the problem. With clean elections, he wouldn't be there in the first place. MrPurple Feb 2017 #55
EXCATLY yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #56
He will play the victim and resign. Afterwards, he will appear constantly on FOX News. jalan48 Feb 2017 #51
If he truly hates his job he will resign yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #64
If it looks like things may head toward impeachment... MrPurple Feb 2017 #54
No one will impeach him, because the Republicans run the show.. yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #61
Nothing will happen solara Feb 2017 #60
The Sessions DOJ and the Republican congress will NEVER prosecute Donald. briv1016 Feb 2017 #65
I think they don't want to ever give up power... yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #68
I would appreciate the irony if Trump won this poll with 46% Bucky Feb 2017 #66

randr

(12,409 posts)
3. We give him a pink prison outfit
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:25 AM
Feb 2017

And send him out to pick up trash on American highways for the rest of his sorry life. All day American citizens will be able to pass him by, honk their horns, and flip him the bird.

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
6. Well that would be great provided that
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:27 AM
Feb 2017

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio go with him, in that same pink prison outfit.

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
8. Sadly, the Dark side is too strong with him....
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:28 AM
Feb 2017

We're gonna be stuck with these assholes for a long time.

Kath2

(3,074 posts)
31. I am afraid you are right.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:07 AM
Feb 2017

And I am very ashamed of my country for putting these assholes in power.

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
9. As much as I would like to see it, I don't think there is any justice left in this sorry nation
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:29 AM
Feb 2017

anylonger.

Afromania

(2,768 posts)
13. I hear ya, there really hasn't been a whole lot of it for a while
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:34 AM
Feb 2017

now, everybody is getting to see how little of it there actually was. They'll get rid of him because he's a bumbler and is casting a spotlight on their garbage. They're like roaches in that they scatter when the light goes on. I'm confident we're gonna get Pence in there within a year. We have to be careful not to become complacent because he knows enough to keep Bannon on speed dial on his burner rather than, you know, sitting in the oval office behind THE desk.

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
43. It gets worse....
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:14 AM
Feb 2017

With The Republican FUCKING with Elections, it may be a long, long time before a Democrat gets into office again.

Kath2

(3,074 posts)
47. Damn right.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:18 AM
Feb 2017

And they will fuck over women, workers, minorities and immigrants as long as they have power.

poli3

(174 posts)
10. Comey, Chaffetz, the House Republicans and Senior FBI staff will all have their heads rolling
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:31 AM
Feb 2017

if anything is discovered, which is exactly why nothing will happen, they need to cover their own hides, and that inadvertently means shielding Trump.

Same happened in iran-contra, all the collaborators covered up reagan/bush's mess, because they knew they'd be liable for treason too.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
12. The difference is Reagan had a reservoir of public good will he could tap. Drumpf is loathed.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:33 AM
Feb 2017

I wonder how they would react to a smoking gun. Could they ignore it? That would be interesting.

poli3

(174 posts)
16. repubs already know that the general public loathes them which is why they have to gerrymander
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:37 AM
Feb 2017

in the first place. They thrive on loathing, because they have nothing else.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
57. ...& Sessions &Turtleman.There is no one left who is clean with power to investigate for prosecution
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 02:02 AM
Feb 2017

The Dems are outnumbered in every branch & every position of power. All we can really do is make noise, make them fear prosecution, or fear losing their positions . That fear will mainly come from the press exposing them. Support the press and ACLU. Call them out so they know we are watching.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
14. Besides his approval dropping two percentage points
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:35 AM
Feb 2017

absolutely nothing. tRump could beat his supporters daily with a 2x4, and they would brag about it on FB and Twitter. "President Trump broke four of my ribs!"

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
20. You are being overly pessimistic.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:41 AM
Feb 2017

If there was a smoking gun his approval rating could be driven into the twenties. What would the GOP do then ? I don't have a clue. Where do I get the twenty percent figure? That's the number of Americans who would be comfortable living in a dictatorship. That is how much the hard core Deplorables suck.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
32. Perhaps
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:07 AM
Feb 2017

But I don't think it would drop into the twenties overnight. I guess what I'm responding to is that everyone believes that the discovery of a smoking gun will automatically oust him. We have several guns already and nothing is happening (true they might not be "smoking", but they clearly establish connections worth investigating that Chaffetz refuses to do).

My pessimism stems from the fact I am tired of being misled into the false belief that tomorrow's revelation will end his reign. Cry "wolf" one too many times...

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
69. No.The investigators& the investgatees are the same ppl
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:43 PM
Feb 2017

There have been smoking guns already.
His popularity is going up with his base and non voters .
Just being realistic.
We should keep doing all we can, but no more Pollyanna.

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
17. I got a feeling the REPUBLICANS will never give up power...
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:38 AM
Feb 2017

And Democrats unless strong, will remain underdogs. This country may collapse before we see Dems in power again.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
70. More, after he has packed the fed courts for 30 years
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:46 PM
Feb 2017

and rolled back Obama's progressive legislation.

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
18. Nothing, until "nothing" ceases to be an option
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:39 AM
Feb 2017

then he'll resign rather than being impeached (if his ego can allow him to, that is), and Pence will pardon him, most likely.

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
21. I said above that its not likely we will see Dems rule in a very long time
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:41 AM
Feb 2017

do you go along with that assessment? Have we fallen to the DARK SIDE?

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
22. I dont see him ever resigning.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:42 AM
Feb 2017

Nixon, for all his flaws, was finally able to be persuaded by reason- and the threat of impeachment.

Trump will probably need to have the whole process go all the way through.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
19. I'm gonna go with "depends on found guilty by who, what, and how specifically"
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:41 AM
Feb 2017

The GOP isnt gonna impeach the guy unless there's such glaring ugly evidence they have no choice. Peeing hooker video would probably help, too.

But if it gets bad enough, they will all ditch him en masse for President Pence.

C_U_L8R

(44,996 posts)
28. Trump is still too useful
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:59 AM
Feb 2017

to greedy overreaching republicans.
He'll stay put as long as the gop's agenda is moving along.

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
29. Exactly, he is a distraction for the Nation so the Republicans can quietly strip apart this nation
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:01 AM
Feb 2017

basically we are fucked.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
58. I had avoided saying it, but i agree
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 02:12 AM
Feb 2017

Short of more press breakthroughs, and no matter what they find, if his own lips didnt stop him, with , I grab pussys, then what can. Treason w Russians...Comey wouldnt even release the evidence before the election. He let Flynn off without an investigation within 48 hours.

WE ARE FUCKED!!!, but we have to keep plugging anyway.

Kath2

(3,074 posts)
59. "WE ARE FUCKED!!!, but we have to keep plugging anyway."
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 02:52 AM
Feb 2017

Right on.

"No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here!"

"No ban, no wall, the USA welcomes all!"

"No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA!"

I felt so fucking good to be screaming these slogans in DC today!

Resist, Alice11111!!!!

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
34. except by who??
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:08 AM
Feb 2017

Do you really think the Republicans will? As Trump once said, He could shoot someone down in Fith Avenue in front of millions and nothing would happen to him. He wouldn't go to jail..nothing. The Republicans need him to be their useful idiot whose job is distraction, and while he does that they will strip down the government and pocket all the money, loot and rob this nation of its very soul, until all that's left is a distant memory of what this nation originally stood for.

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
40. How long do you think before we get control again?
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:13 AM
Feb 2017

With the Republicans cheating at every TURN, do you think we will ever be in charge again?
My answer is fuck no!

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
46. All sides...
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:17 AM
Feb 2017

VOTING has very little meaning any more, because they have cheated on everything in the elections. There is a huge list of everything they have done to make it impossible for a democrat to vote and have their vote count. The mess is too much to clean up... but it will have to be done eventually if we want fair and clean elections.

right now, that statement is a joke, there are no fair and clean elections.

Kimchijeon

(1,606 posts)
45. either way he can go FUCK HIMSELF
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:17 AM
Feb 2017

because I just don't have the confidence that justice would get served.

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
48. no, nor will there be no fair and clean elections...
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:18 AM
Feb 2017

Not unless you jump down their throats and get them to play fair.

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
64. If he truly hates his job he will resign
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:17 PM
Feb 2017

But I think he has too much invested in this, and... The Republicans need a useful idiot to be a distraction, so they can clean house of government programs and funds.

MrPurple

(985 posts)
54. If it looks like things may head toward impeachment...
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:51 AM
Feb 2017

Trump will start a war...Iran, probably. He wouldn't go down without throwing out every trick in the book.

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
61. No one will impeach him, because the Republicans run the show..
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 05:38 AM
Feb 2017

They only will want him gone if Pence is better, but they need Trump to be a distraction so they can do what they want. Trump is their USEFUL IDIOT.

solara

(3,836 posts)
60. Nothing will happen
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 04:37 AM
Feb 2017

because #45's lapdog, sessions, is AG, which is clearly the plan they had all along in case any of this Russian bullsh*t hit the fan; and they are such inept bad guys it was really just a matter of time.

For sure sessions should recuse himself, but he most likely won't, so anything that comes up about Russia, or the emoluments, which #45 is still not dealing with, will be largely ignored.

White, rich, privileged, entitled, powerful and famous- yep Dolt #45 can pretty much do whatever the hell he wants, especially after his SCOTUS is installed.

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briv1016

(1,570 posts)
65. The Sessions DOJ and the Republican congress will NEVER prosecute Donald.
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:35 PM
Feb 2017

If public opinion continues to go against them, they'll simply enact further voter suppression measures. Why do you think Donald continues to claim that millions of people voted illegally?

I fully expect them to enact 50 state voter ID, end all early voting, mandate "modernized" (paperless) voting and implement "authorized poll watchers." When all else fails they'll expand the voter purges.

This is the Republican's '18 and '20 plan to maintain and in some cases expand their hold on power.

yuiyoshida

(41,829 posts)
68. I think they don't want to ever give up power...
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 01:38 PM
Feb 2017

Their idea of making America great again, is gutting the entire system and making it impossible for a Democrat to ever get in office again. Even if it eventually means making this country a one party system, and not allowing anyone to vote, who is not rich.

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