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Tactical Peek

(1,211 posts) Mon Sep 23, 2019, 11:55 PM Sep 2019

House leadership: by time it comes to floor, no question of 218-vote majority to impeach

John Harwood@JohnJHarwood

where House Dems are tonight on Trump impeachment

top pollster Garin: “dam has pretty much burst”

senior Dem aide: “could do it quickly or slowly. highly doubt” any GOP votes

member of House leadership: “by time it comes to floor, no” question of 218-vote majority to impeach

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House leadership: by time it comes to floor, no question of 218-vote majority to impeach (Original Post) Tactical Peek Sep 2019 OP

Interesting. How many decades from now will that be? regnaD kciN Sep 2019 #1

Non-blue-checkmark account claims Pelosi already has the votes: Qutzupalotl Sep 2019 #2

That's good, but I don't see the Senate having enough votes for removal... cynatnite Sep 2019 #3

Agreed, that is a harder sell. Qutzupalotl Sep 2019 #4

Agreed, being on the right side of history is important. n/t cynatnite Sep 2019 #5

regnaD kciN

(26,045 posts)

1. Interesting. How many decades from now will that be?

Reply to Tactical Peek (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 12:35 AM

Sep 2019

Qutzupalotl

(14,321 posts)

2. Non-blue-checkmark account claims Pelosi already has the votes:

Reply to Tactical Peek (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 11:06 AM

Sep 2019

Link to tweet

Also, some other news that was shared with me earlier:

Internal House whip counts show Pelosi now has the votes for impeachment.

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Posted for comparison. Hoping this is true.

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)

3. That's good, but I don't see the Senate having enough votes for removal...

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 11:08 AM

Sep 2019

I'm all for impeachment, but I want the process to get tRump out of the WH.

Qutzupalotl

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4. Agreed, that is a harder sell.

Reply to cynatnite (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 11:12 AM

Sep 2019

There’s maybe a 5% chance that there are 20 Republican Senators with a functioning conscience. Then again, when the full story is told, it may be more damning than we can see now.

But whether or not the Senate removes, it is important to say for posterity that bribery and extortion are wrong.

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)

5. Agreed, being on the right side of history is important. n/t

Reply to Qutzupalotl (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 11:13 AM

Sep 2019

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