I have this fantasy, where immediately following the midterms, the new House of Representatives votes to impeach Trump (for any number of possible charges, just pick one. It doesn’t even have to be ...
Trump's base has been largely shielded from the worst of his excesses by syncophatic media both on TV and their smartphones...
And as such, they're likely to see him and his flunkies being prosecuted for the very legitimate abuses of power that have happened as in the same vein as the (actually overreaching) pre-2024 actions that went after him for piddly tax abuses and the like.
He goes back to being some kind of mythical "underdog" hero despite all the evidence of the contrary. "The South is going to do it again!", and all that.
I guess what I'm saying is that symbolic gestures like an impeachment vote basically have zero upside for Republicans and a ton of downside. What I would more expect is that there's going to be significantly more resistance to administration priorities trying to get rammed through Congress, spending bills, tariffs, etc.
And as such, they're likely to see him and his flunkies being prosecuted for the very legitimate abuses of power that have happened as in the same vein as the (actually overreaching) pre-2024 actions that went after him for piddly tax abuses and the like.
He goes back to being some kind of mythical "underdog" hero despite all the evidence of the contrary. "The South is going to do it again!", and all that.
I guess what I'm saying is that symbolic gestures like an impeachment vote basically have zero upside for Republicans and a ton of downside. What I would more expect is that there's going to be significantly more resistance to administration priorities trying to get rammed through Congress, spending bills, tariffs, etc.
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