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highplainsdem

(48,993 posts)
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 08:32 PM Jan 2017

Trump tweet, June 4, 2014: "Are you allowed to impeach a president for gross incompetence?"

Yes, he really tweeted that.




Donald J. Trump Verified account
?@realDonaldTrump

Are you allowed to impeach a president for gross incompetence?

3:23 AM - 4 Jun 2014




I hope he's about to find out, and that the answer is YES.
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Trump tweet, June 4, 2014: "Are you allowed to impeach a president for gross incompetence?" (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 2017 OP
Everyone should re-tweet it NoGoodNamesLeft Jan 2017 #1
+1,000,000 highplainsdem Jan 2017 #9
Please oh please oh please, can we make this happen Farmgirl1961 Jan 2017 #2
Steve Bannon should be behind bars. Initech Jan 2017 #3
the answer actually is yes. indeed, this was close to part of the original intent. unblock Jan 2017 #4
I just really want to know if anyone who has the ability to do so, is looking into this seriously Farmgirl1961 Jan 2017 #5
totally agree thinkingagain Jan 2017 #6
Impeachment is pretty much off the table until we win the house unblock Jan 2017 #7
Maybe not if they keep GP6971 Jan 2017 #8
They'll find a way unblock Jan 2017 #10

unblock

(52,243 posts)
4. the answer actually is yes. indeed, this was close to part of the original intent.
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 08:35 PM
Jan 2017

abuse of office and dereliction of duty were the founders biggest concerns.


i don't know if they discussed it much, but they probably weren't overly worried about what to do should a president commit "ordinary" crimes like murder or perjury in a civil suit, figuring that they already had a check on that in the form of elections.

Farmgirl1961

(1,493 posts)
5. I just really want to know if anyone who has the ability to do so, is looking into this seriously
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 08:39 PM
Jan 2017

We can and should protest every single day. We should just cut to the chase and have signs about impeaching Trump and holding a new election. But, we've got to get Senators and Congress people and others who have the ability to DO SOMETHING to actually DO SOMETHING.

thinkingagain

(906 posts)
6. totally agree
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 08:52 PM
Jan 2017

Why they are out there protesting they just start chanting "Impeach that man"
go down to the capital buildings chanting over and over "impeach that man" (he does not deserve the title President)
post it all over facebook "Impeach that Man"
Re tweet his tweet
and hope that those in charge actually remember that they have a moral obligation to the USA and do their job not to allow someone who with "gross incompetence" to lead our nation.

unblock

(52,243 posts)
7. Impeachment is pretty much off the table until we win the house
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 08:53 PM
Jan 2017

Republicans simply will not shoot themselves in the foot no matter how much they may prefer pence.

We should be filibustering everything and proposing good laws, even if republicans won't let them leave committee. We have to fight with the limited weapons we have.

Above all, we should be managing the media much, much better.

GP6971

(31,163 posts)
8. Maybe not if they keep
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 08:59 PM
Jan 2017

pushing the repeal of the ACA without a replacement. A lot of voters will pissed off if that happens without a comparable replacement.

unblock

(52,243 posts)
10. They'll find a way
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 09:07 PM
Jan 2017

Easy enough with the help of their wonderful propaganda network. replace it with something remarkably similar to Obamacare but with fewer protections, less tax on the rich, and more tax on the poor. Keep the mandate but call it a tax deduction for buying insurance. This is equivalent to the mandate thanks to the higher tax on the poor.

They just have to insist that it'a completely different from Obamacare.

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