128 Democrats Helped Republicans Kill a Resolution to Impeach Trump

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  1. This is why the Democrats are doomed. They just don’t get it.

  2. Democrats might be the most useless party ever known to mankind lol

    Its absurd that our only option vs republicans is them

    And even crazier that we can’t hope for a 3rd party because Andrew Jackson has scarred everyone in the country forever by getting sht done and not putting up with the institutional bullshit that every good president has to (Obama with the ACA bill etc)

    Trump is allowed to dismantle and violate multiple policies, but lord forbid a democratic president tries to…. “forgive student debt” without a bunch of babies screeching over it

    How much did those missles we dump on Iran cost?

  3. I don’t care if a democrat doesn’t think impeachment is a viable option to stop the Orange Turd!! You still vote for it. You don’t join the asshole Republicans!!

  4. Kick them all out of the party. They aid and enable fascism.

  5. Only reason I vote for this loser party is because I hate the other one more.

  6. I studied political theory a few decades ago and most of our discussion revolved around the concept of fighting the fights you can win vs fighting the fights that are worth fighting: opportunity vs obligation.

    The votes don’t exist in Congress to impeach. Too many of the elected officials are kept in pocket. The DNC has decided to allow the continued decay of the State because they know they can’t win this fight, and have lost all sight of the obligation they have to stand up for our system of laws and ethics. And as I type “ethics”, I do so knowing that Congressional ethics has long been a fairy tale concept.

    If the DNC wont fight the fights than need to be fought, then spin up a new party that will.

  7. both our parties are compromised, now what? they are working harder to make sure mamdani doesnt win in NYC than fascism, they dont seem to fight this hard for people being kidnapped, havent heard them mention the other people sent to CEDOT

  8. Democrats are not beating the controlled opposition allegations anytime soon.

  9. It would look hypocritical to vote for this when all recent presidents have taken similar action. It’s simply not an impeachment worthy offense. Trump has done far worse things already than this which are impeachable.

  10. What a bunch of cowards. Might as well just let him be king if they’re not even going to challenge him or his regime in the slightest.

  11. There are two-dozen things to impeach Trump over. This isn’t one of them. People really need to stop calling every single military action they don’t like “illegal”. It isn’t. It’s blatantly within Article II powers, just like Libya, Syria, Bosnia, etc.

  12. And then they asked me for money! Looking at you Josh Riley

  13. They are forever proving both parties are 2 cheeks of the same @ss..

  14. Between this & the NYC mayoral race, it’s pretty clear to anyone paying attention that the purpose of the Democrats is to suppress the left, not fight the right.

  15. Looks like 6 out of our 8 Washington state reps joined with the Republicans. Nice bipartisanship guys. 😕

  17. How many times did Republicans vote to repeal Obamacare during Obama’s second term? They knew it would be vetoed, but they kept the issue in the news cycle. What don’t Dems get about this?

  18. Dems vote with republicans all the time, they have no standards.

  19. Last time there was taxation without adequate representation, we threw a party

  20. Its quickly becoming necessary for a 3rd party I think. Something that captures the best 3 or 4 items from each of the main parties, and adds 3 to 4 of its own. There are too many old people running the D’s, and too many intolerant people running the R’s. The majority of voters aren’t represented by any of them. And everyone gets hurt by their indecision or narrow mindedness or both. Its time for one or both of them to just go the way of the Whig Party.

  21. To play the devil’s advocate for a moment:

    Is it possible that to not table this resolution would waste legislative time on something with zero chance of passing, thereby reducing the likelihood of passing other more impactful pieces of legislation?

    I hate this as much as the next voter, but it is surprising that so many Democrats voted to table when they probably do think Trump should be impeached.

  22. I want Jeffries to resign along with Schumer. today

  24. Listen, I’m all for impeachment, but if Al Greene included the phrase “…the bombing of Iran was a de facto declaration of war” then he practically set this up for failure. No one in Congress is going to want to make this any bigger than a “special operation”.  

    Granted, to even pretend like the democratic party is “anti-bombing Iran to prevent nukes” is laughable. 

  25. I understand the frustration, but this is not the issue that Trump should be impeached for. I mean he should, but it would be a very hard sell to the American public. The problem is that every President for decades has taken similar actions without declaring war or going through Congress. This is a problem, but too easy for Republicans just to point to Obama and say “well he did it”.

    Impeachment will come, but it will come:

    a) after the midterms when Democrats have a better position

    b) after Trump ignores the courts. And he will.

  26. Cool, 128 Dems raised their hands when asked who needs to be Primaried

  28. Why ya’ll want to waste time on an impeachment that will not succeed for an action by the president the majority of Americans agree (yuk) with?

  29. Politicians will not solve this crisis, if we want our democracy we’re going to have to do it ourselves

  30. It’s not time yet the time will come but there is no sense in approving articles of impeachment until such time as there is chance the senate might convict to do other wise just plays in to orange clowns game

  32. Because they know yet another failed impeachment attempt will only solidify the loss of power in the Democratic Party. Impeachment without Republicans support is a political no win for the democrats and a political windfall for the republicans. An impeachment attempt now, which would absolutely fail, would pay massive dividends to Republican propagandists, especially with midterms coming up.

  33. This is a prime example of why Americans are fed up with stupid ass democrats. How many republicans do you think would vote against a resolution to impeach a Democrat president? ZERO! God these guys are idiots.

  34. They voted against impeachment because it’s what their AIPAC handlers wanted them to do. Stop going by party lines and get the corruption out of our politics. Vote em all out, or start a 3rd party.

  35. Question: Doesn’t anyone feel as if Vance would be worse if Trump was impeached?

  36. One hundred and twenty eight eh? David Hogg was right. We do not have a democrat party. We have republicans and republican-lite. The two party system is a terrible joke.

  37. Good. Now they can move on from a symbolic and useless effort that had zero chance of going anywhere.

  38. I looked up the votes from my state and ofc the only nays were from two black women. Democrats voting against the impeachment of a convicted felon leading America into fascism should be absolutely ashamed.

  39. Almost like the rich people control and run the government while dividing us all. Big surprise!

  40. I said this at the result of the last election. Democrats, are not only toothless, but not prosecuting Trump for inciting an insurrection, and so so much more they just could not be bothered to prevent… like allowing Republican to block a supreme court nominee because it was so close to the election and then when it was the other way around Democrats allowed 2 republican supreme court through because ?? a reason ??

    They are either incompetent or complicit. As hateful as the Republican are, lawless and all that… they do not allow anyone to roll them over. Do not allow dissent in their party. No one should ever vote again for Democrats, they are fucking useless.

  41. Just get me out of this goddamned country. Some country take me in and help me as a refugee. Please. This country is officially fucked. It’s over.

  42. There’d no way a minority party can impeach. Its just not happening. Save that political capital for when you can actually make an impact.

  43. Going for impeachment when there’s zero chance of it advancing in the House only weakens the tool of impeachment for later use when it CAN be done successfully.

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