I’m not sure why people want him to humiliate Democrats by trying something doomed to failure. Hegseth can’t be impeached successfully unless multiple Republicans support doing so.
Then they should be publicly arguing to convince the Republicans into supporting impeachment or else make them publicly support the war crimes. “Aww but it’s hard and they’ll probably vote it down.” My guy, that’s the fucking job. Make them risk reelection. Make them choose. Doing nothing just lets them do whatever they want. The impeachment might not go through, but it puts them on the record for supporting war crimes, and then you can use that in campaigns. And you can campaign as the party of accountability, even when the odds are stacked against you.
If you’re not gonna play nice and you’re not gonna play dirty, then you’re just announcing that you’re not gonna play, so it’s time to fucking resign and let somebody else fight this fight. Fuck Jeffries and every spineless Democrat standing in the way of actual problem solvers while the country burns down.
That’s what I was thinking - they don’t have a majority in the House (currently). And even if they did manage to drag some Rs with them on the vote, he wouldn’t be convicted in the Senate, as there’s nowhere close to the 2/3rds vote needed to remove him from his post.
I’m not sure why people want him to humiliate Democrats by trying something doomed to failure. Hegseth can’t be impeached successfully unless multiple Republicans support doing so.
Then they should be publicly arguing to convince the Republicans into supporting impeachment or else make them publicly support the war crimes. “Aww but it’s hard and they’ll probably vote it down.” My guy, that’s the fucking job. Make them risk reelection. Make them choose. Doing nothing just lets them do whatever they want. The impeachment might not go through, but it puts them on the record for supporting war crimes, and then you can use that in campaigns. And you can campaign as the party of accountability, even when the odds are stacked against you.
If you’re not gonna play nice and you’re not gonna play dirty, then you’re just announcing that you’re not gonna play, so it’s time to fucking resign and let somebody else fight this fight. Fuck Jeffries and every spineless Democrat standing in the way of actual problem solvers while the country burns down.
Hear, hear! Thank you for posting this comment.
Humiliate…in who’s eyes? MAGA?
The humiliating act is the thing they are doing.
In the eyes of anyone who wants to elect pragmatists who don’t tilt at windmills.
That’s what I was thinking - they don’t have a majority in the House (currently). And even if they did manage to drag some Rs with them on the vote, he wouldn’t be convicted in the Senate, as there’s nowhere close to the 2/3rds vote needed to remove him from his post.