09-20-2020, 10:35 PM
Sarcany wrote:
[quote=PeterB]
3) It was the Senate, NOT Congress, that refused to convict, along nearly strictly party lines.
Peter, you just made the case that she's powerless.
Respectfully, I disagree. Standing up for what's right counts for something, even if you lose the battle. History will record that the House did the right thing, even when the Senate did not. Furthermore, Trump's legacy will always be tainted by the impeachment, and there's also nothing stopping his being convicted after he leaves office.
Edit: I think we ALL know, deep down, that Trump has participated in criminal behavior, and that what we know about is dwarfed by what we do not. My guess is that after he leaves office, a TON more info about his collaboration with / coercion by the Russians will come out ... leaving every decision that he made during his tenure to be questioned and reexamined. I think many Republicans are aware of this, which is why there are now cracks in the red wall... some realizing that their complicity in what is now happening will eventually come back to bite them on the behind.