1. Let's unpack this a little more. Let's think about the Mueller Report as a de facto impeachment referral. Mueller made his decision based on (arguable) premise a president can't be indicted but can be impeached.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1118900449325850632 …
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3. There is a political question and a moral/legal question. Politically my position has been since Trump's election that focusing on scandals is of limited utility & the Dems best move is to focus debate on Trump's terrible & unpopular policies.
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4. The further political calculation is that Dems might be able to impeach in house but almost certainly won't get GOP Senate to remove. And the election is next year, so why bother? Again: this is not the moral/legal issue but the political one.
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5. The moral/legal imperative is different: if you have plausible evidence that a president has obstructed justice & you don't proceed with impeachment hearings, then you've given up on the rule of law.
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6. One way to thread the needle between the political imperative & the moral/legal one is to have congress keep investigating but leave impeachment decision for later.
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The House would vote for impeachment right now. The Senate would let Trump skate. Then what?
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Nope. Pelosi has already decided they are not travelling down that road.
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We the people need to demand impeachment!
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Of course they dont
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I'm hearing a lot of "we need to hear from Mueller" from people with subpoena power... but as yet not a lot of "we're subpoenaing Mueller".
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Generally agree with this thread but referencing someone who was wrong about the collusion question seems silly. Reference someone who was right.
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