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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Mar 24

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Ben Dreyfuss

    The two impeachments of Trump weren't simply "performative" but served a useful political function (the united the Democrats & divided the GOP, especially the second one). With the current war in Ukraine, fist impeachment especially useful in creating important public recordhttps://twitter.com/bendreyfuss/status/1507198138603384854 …

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    Ben DreyfussVerified account @bendreyfuss
    It obviously won’t succeed and like every other totally performative impeachment left wing Twitter has demanded it has the potential to create blowback so there is literally nothing to gain? https://twitter.com/lauraolin/status/1507152763720974341 …
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      1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Mar 24

        Jeet Heer Retweeted Ben Dreyfuss

        Broadly true that the USA political system, by design, is bad at punishing elite wrongdoing. The proper response isn't to throw your hands in air & say "whatta ya gonna do?" Proper response is to use available mechanisms to call attention to wrongdoing.https://twitter.com/bendreyfuss/status/1507198138603384854 …

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        Ben DreyfussVerified account @bendreyfuss
        It obviously won’t succeed and like every other totally performative impeachment left wing Twitter has demanded it has the potential to create blowback so there is literally nothing to gain? https://twitter.com/lauraolin/status/1507152763720974341 …
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      2. Medieval Ben Affleck‏ @ChrisKattan4eva Mar 24
        Replying to @Jakegreeneggs @HeerJeet

        Wait so the Trump Tower meeting didn't happen?

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      1. Wookin’ Pa Nub‏ @jjrayn Mar 24
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        So the Democrats did a good job then.

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      1. Sean Smith‏ @protanope Mar 24
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Dreyfuss has no idea how or why anyone should push for anything to ever happen, and thinks that’s the ‘smart’ position

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      2. 忍者の神 Marxist-Yeagerist ⌬‏ @delmoi Mar 24
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Lol, the only reason he was impeached over the "Ukraine call" was so that dems could act like it was the culmination of the Russiagate thing and not a totally separate issue and trick people into thinking it wasn't a total bust.

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      3. Curt Lehring‏ @curt_00 Mar 24
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        I think it was more about defending Joe Biden, who, at the time, was thought to be a shoe-in for the Presidential nominee. Having the Ukraine thing go unchallenged could have hurt him in the election.

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      1. Artell‏ @Artell11hl Mar 24
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        What's the point of that public record, the press are letting republicans who voted against impeachment 1 criticize Biden's Ukraine policy with impunity.

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      1. Frank Braconi‏ @FrankBraconi Mar 24
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        Good point, though the first impeachment was important in creating a public record even if there was no subsequent invasion of Ukraine.

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      2. john • wealth tax now‏ @mellowfever Mar 24
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        I gotta say, of all the things the first impeachment could’ve been about, I thought that the Ukraine call was pretty dumb. But turns out all roads lead back to Ukraine.

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      3. john • wealth tax now‏ @mellowfever Mar 25
        Replying to @mellowfever @HeerJeet

        That said, hard to say that 1st impeachment succeeded. On several occasions, I’ve said it’s kinda funny that Trump got impeached for conditioning arms to Ukraine for dirt on Hunter Biden given the current situation—and gotten blank stares. Never really saturated the discourse.

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