Any scenario where Trump is impeached (remember that impeachment is the House part, removal the Senate part) fuels a 'stabbed in the back' narrative where those people unable to win against the People's President at the polls are trying to bring him down the only way they can
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Remember the interminable political circus of the Clinton impeachment trial, and imagine that taking place in today's political context, with a President who has already learned that military action is the quickest route to regaining popularity
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Remember, too, that the great risk is not Trump, but the generation of younger competent politicians rising in on the right, and learning from his playbook. Remove Trump from office with less than unanimity and you fuel their politics of grievance for a generation
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The way to defeat Trump is through a massive electoral victory in the midterms. Make the Republican Party pay a horrible price at the ballot box for enabling him. Then, open House investigations of his shady business dealings, the Russian connection—pick a scandal, any scandal
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This, rather than fantasies of impeachment (or, god forbid, the 25th amendment) are the way to burn the nascent authoritarian movement with fire. It's a hard way to win, but the only effective way to win. So put your efforts, however you can, into that fight!
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The key is to let trump self-destruct, and take the party down with him, without taking the country with him. An active, politically fearless blue congress is the only way to get that outcome. Teaching the Democrats to be fearless will be the hard part
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I want America to sink whole in the ocean as a new Atlantis.
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You have my attention.
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You've successfully condensed this excellent 7 tweet thread into just 9 words.
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Maciej is not wrong.
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