This Roy Moore situation is really increasing my hope that this whole thing ends with the Republican establishment seizing back the party and absolutely humiliating Donald.
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Like I could see a situation where Donald walks into 2020 with bad Russia stuff and some truly odious pardons and is an objective political liability.
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And he's like... down 10-15 in polls, just clear evidence of an absolute blowout, and the Senate votes to convict to cut Republican losses.
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it would probably take bad polling of that magnitude but I don't think it's impossible. Or like... approval among Rs in the 50s or 60s.
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And then I could ABSOLUTELY see the NY AG still prosecuting him for shady business dealings revealed during the course of the Mueller investigation.
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Like the worst-case scenario for Donald is really low probability but it is a) not impossible and b) really bad and ends with Trumpism disgraced, Trump in jail, and liberalism triumphant.
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And like, given my own skepticism about liberalism, this is not even necessarily my preferred scenario...
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but I cannot deny it would be monstrously emotionally satisfying. Like a modern head-on-the-castle-walls situation. I'm not above enjoying that, as long as there are no ACTUAL heads.
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