Top Democrats: GOP must 'find some backbone' to investigate Trump before impeachment can start
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 Constitutions emoluments clause. However, other Democrats are warning to go slow as investigations into Russian involvement in the presidents 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 presidents 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
(28,136 posts)That is their mindset now.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)"...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
(28,751 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,374 posts)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
(38,433 posts)You can't find it. You have to grow your own.
orangecrush
(19,384 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,429 posts)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
(48,939 posts)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
(24,683 posts)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