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    1. Will Wilkinson  🌐‏Verified account @willwilkinson 8 May 2019

      The idea I keep hearing that impeachment with conviction is merely "symbolic" is ignorant and misunderstands how the politics of authority work.

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    2. Will Wilkinson  🌐‏Verified account @willwilkinson 8 May 2019

      First, impeachment is a legal reality. It's a precondition for conviction, and puts it on the table.

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    3. Will Wilkinson  🌐‏Verified account @willwilkinson 8 May 2019

      Second, and perhaps more importantly, effective authority is in part a function of perceived legitimacy. Trump understands this incredibly well, which is why he relentlessly undermines the perceived legitimacy of anyone who opposes him.

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    4. Will Wilkinson  🌐‏Verified account @willwilkinson 8 May 2019

      This is how Trump marshals authority -- by undermining the credibility of his opponents' claims to authority with the public. He does this in a ham-fisted way, yet it's effective, even if it's merely "symbolic."

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    5. Will Wilkinson  🌐‏Verified account @willwilkinson 8 May 2019

      Public attitudes toward those who claim political authority place real constraint on its exercise. That's why authoritarians need propaganda, and want to control information. It keeps the ultimate source of authority, popular opinion, behind them, and against their enemies.

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      Will Wilkinson  🌐‏Verified account @willwilkinson 8 May 2019

      The House of Representatives *represents* the American people. Impeachment amounts to a vote of no confidence from the people. If public opinion is behind it, and impeachment isn't seen as mere partisan opportunism, this is incredibly damaging to POTUS's perceived legitimacy.

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        2. Will Wilkinson  🌐‏Verified account @willwilkinson 8 May 2019

          And this, in turn, damages his effective authority. That's critical to bargaining power in standoffs between the legislative and executive branches, like the one we're having now.

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        3. Will Wilkinson  🌐‏Verified account @willwilkinson 8 May 2019

          This has real political and legal teeth, regardless of the prospects of conviction. The important thing for the House, before launching impeachment, is pulling public sentiment to its side by drawing a contrast between sober standard procedure and hyper-partisan lawlessness.

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        4. Will Wilkinson  🌐‏Verified account @willwilkinson 8 May 2019

          From Day One, Trump has been "symbolically" running down the legitimacy of congressional Democrats, casting them as un-American, vaguely treasonous partisans because demagogues grasp the public psychology of authority, even if they literally don't know what the rules are.

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        5. Will Wilkinson  🌐‏Verified account @willwilkinson 8 May 2019

          VERY SOPHISTICATED bien pensant sighs about impeachment without conviction being "merely symbolic" amount to advising unilateral disarmament in the public relations game of contested authority, and a gift to Trump, a genius of steamrolling his opponents with "mere" symbolism.

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        2. armchairshrink‏ @armchairshrink 8 May 2019
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          Exactly. Add to the fact that not being removed by the Senate would allow Trump to claim a major win.

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        2. Real Benisons‏ @RealBenisons 8 May 2019
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          And Dems could realize, and argue, that they are acting as "partisans" for the common good and partisans for the Constitution and partisans of democracy. (Technocratic/consensus mindset makes this hard.)

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        1. Ramar‏ @Duvisited 8 May 2019
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          this is where your argument fails

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        1. Jackie Wachob‏ @j_wachob 8 May 2019
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          It's incredibly frustrating that this will be so much harder now than it was in 1974 given the conservative media machine that didn't exist then. Even if the House gets to conduct fruitful hearings with cooperating witnesses, Fox etc will counter the message.

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