Their stance is Trump came out of his two impeachments politically stronger than he went into them, and unless 14 20 GOP Senators decide to switch their allegiance all of a sudden the act of impeachment is practically useless.
Plus since the proceedings were guaranteed to fail (even setting aside the party votes, while Trump has committed many constitutional violations, this one is shared by several of his predecessors and was an especially stupid thing to hinge an impeachment vote on - doubly so because it’s not technically a violation until 60 days have passed), all they’d accomplish is burning a substantial amount of political will (something the Democratic party is severely lacking in) to… accomplish nothing but making Donald even worse? He already attacks Democratic states that have shown relatively minor opposition; if their representatives supported impeachment then life could suddenly become a lot harder for their constituents. Unless you’re an accelerationist it was a bad idea all around.
(I should note I don’t support this rationale - cowardly appeasement has never worked - but I can understand it, at least in theory. I’m mostly pissed that they pulled this stunt on such a flimsy pretext when there were plenty of rock-solid justifications to base an impeachment on)
It takes 2/3 of voting senators to remove him. That doesn’t need to be 67 if some of them abstain, resign, are recalled, or are otherwise unwilling or incapable of casting a vote.
Their stance is Trump came out of his two impeachments politically stronger than he went into them, and unless
1420 GOP Senators decide to switch their allegiance all of a sudden the act of impeachment is practically useless.Edit: I fucked up the math, thanks commenter
Plus since the proceedings were guaranteed to fail (even setting aside the party votes, while Trump has committed many constitutional violations, this one is shared by several of his predecessors and was an especially stupid thing to hinge an impeachment vote on - doubly so because it’s not technically a violation until 60 days have passed), all they’d accomplish is burning a substantial amount of political will (something the Democratic party is severely lacking in) to… accomplish nothing but making Donald even worse? He already attacks Democratic states that have shown relatively minor opposition; if their representatives supported impeachment then life could suddenly become a lot harder for their constituents. Unless you’re an accelerationist it was a bad idea all around.
(I should note I don’t support this rationale - cowardly appeasement has never worked - but I can understand it, at least in theory. I’m mostly pissed that they pulled this stunt on such a flimsy pretext when there were plenty of rock-solid justifications to base an impeachment on)
He needs to be impeached for his flagrant violations of the Posse Commitatus act, but that was more than a week ago, so nobody remembers.
It takes 2/3 of voting senators to remove him. That doesn’t need to be 67 if some of them abstain, resign, are recalled, or are otherwise unwilling or incapable of casting a vote.