Top Democrats: GOP must 'find some backbone' to investigate Trump before impeachment can start

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory



TOM BOGGIONI
19 FEB 2017 AT 10:13 ET

After only thirty days into the presidency of Donald Trump, some Democrats are already talking about impeachment as each day there are more indications the president may be violating the Constitution’s emoluments clause. However, other Democrats are warning to go slow as investigations into Russian involvement in the president’s campaign proceed.

Speaking with Politico, those Democrats are urging caution, saying throwing around words like “impeachment” at this early date may only harden support for Trump whose administration is reeling at the moment and could use a boost.

“We need to assemble all of the facts, and right now there are a lot of questions about the president’s personal, financial, and political ties with the Russian government before the election, but also whether there were any assurances made,” explained California Rep. Eric Swalwell, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. “Before you can use the ‘I’ word, you really need to collect all the facts.” According to Rep. Brendan Boyl (D-PA), “The ‘I’ word we should be focused on is ‘investigations.'”

Democrats appearing at town halls are being peppered with questions from constituents over what can be done about Trump as he prepares to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and pushes forward with plans to round up undocumented immigrants, with many calling for impeachment proceedings now.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/top-democrats-gop-must-find-some-backbone-to-investigate-trump-before-impeachment-can-start/

[SHRED]

1. Like Rand Paul said, Republicans should not investigate Republicans

That is their mindset now.

[SHRED]

2. Here's the problem...

"...Democrats are urging caution, saying throwing around words like “impeachment” at this early date may only harden support for Trump whose administration is reeling at the moment and could use a boost. "

No spine.

[KG]

3. maybe the repubs could borrow the dems backbone. when it's finally located.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. I expect there is so much dirt, muck, and slime

available, that in order to get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of impact, they have to sift through it to find the worst-smelling to use to proceed with.

[dchill]

5. Backbone is an illegal substance...

You can't find it. You have to grow your own.

[orangecrush]

6. "Democrats seek to quell Trump impeachment talk"

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-impeachment-democrats-235184


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[Eyeball_Kid]

7. Trumpy MAY be violating the Emoluments Clause??? Now THERE'S a profile in Courage!

Who writes this shit? What is meant by "MAY be violating the Emoluments Clause"? When you get punched in the nose, you don't say, "I MAY have gotten punched," do you? NO! Boggioni needs to write like a journalist, not a jellyfish.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. The longer the Republicans delay the inevitable, the harder they will crash.

It may get to an Amendment 25 removal rather than impeachment.

That might be preferable because it would leave Pence impeachable. Americans have little taste for impeachments as it is (with good reason) and almost no desire for two impeachments within four years.

Purge Pence first.

[turbinetree]

9. Well when the democarts tried to get the release of those tax returns based on a 1920"s law, about

the sexual predator, guess what the spineless republicans did, they voted it down.

Party before country, lets not forget that point about the mindset of fascists republicans, it is always about party and not country