I’m sick of this story already. All of the outrage at Democrats for not wasting time on an impeachment that would have lead to Hegseth being exonerated in the Senate is just stupid. This isn’t the newly elected Democrats, it’s the Republicans who are still
in power until January. Wait until the new Congress is sworn in in January. If they fail to impeach Kegsbreath then, then you can get mad at them. An impeachment now would have lead to a dishonest trial in the Senate and Petey looking not only innocent, but a victim of political partisanship. If anyone actually believes he would have been found guilty by the current Senate, please dm me, I have a tower in France I need to sell.
Why wait though? Sure, it was going to fail in the Senate, but it’s about sending a message. It’s a warning salvo. Since this was a Republican plan, it’s a signal for them to cooperate for their own political gain. They get to benefit from turning against MAGA, even though it’s way too late. They suck, but we should use their selfishness to move them away from the MAGA grasp.
Democrats still won’t have a supermajority in the Senate needed to convict come the new Congress in 2027, so you’re likely to see a failure to convict then as well. They’ll need 11-12 Republican Senators to cross the floor and the numbers likely just aren’t there unless there’s a rank-and-file Republican revolt in the next two months. The odds of that happening, I’d argue, are fairly slim.
I’m sick of this story already. All of the outrage at Democrats for not wasting time on an impeachment that would have lead to Hegseth being exonerated in the Senate is just stupid. This isn’t the newly elected Democrats, it’s the Republicans who are still
in power until January. Wait until the new Congress is sworn in in January. If they fail to impeach Kegsbreath then, then you can get mad at them. An impeachment now would have lead to a dishonest trial in the Senate and Petey looking not only innocent, but a victim of political partisanship. If anyone actually believes he would have been found guilty by the current Senate, please dm me, I have a tower in France I need to sell.
Why wait though? Sure, it was going to fail in the Senate, but it’s about sending a message. It’s a warning salvo. Since this was a Republican plan, it’s a signal for them to cooperate for their own political gain. They get to benefit from turning against MAGA, even though it’s way too late. They suck, but we should use their selfishness to move them away from the MAGA grasp.
Democrats still won’t have a supermajority in the Senate needed to convict come the new Congress in 2027, so you’re likely to see a failure to convict then as well. They’ll need 11-12 Republican Senators to cross the floor and the numbers likely just aren’t there unless there’s a rank-and-file Republican revolt in the next two months. The odds of that happening, I’d argue, are fairly slim.