• FuglyDuck
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    215 months ago

    The house requires a simple majority to impeach him. The senate conviction requires a 2/3’s votes

    Source

    In the process, “impeachment” is really more like the “indictment” of a grand jury, where the house is the jury, and it just needs a majority.

    You’re right that Johnson won’t let it go anywhere… but if those 4 jump ship… caucus with the dems… he wouldn’t have a say.

    Don’t wake me. It’s a lovely dream, okay?

    • @Viking_Hippie
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      35 months ago

      The house requires a simple majority to impeach him

      And the assent of the speaker to even let it come to a vote. Which won’t happen as long as the Jericho Johnson has the gavel.

      but if those 4 jump ship… caucus with the dems… he wouldn’t have a say.

      Incorrect. The speaker has full dictatorial control of what comes up for a vote in the first place.

      It could have 75% support and it still wouldn’t get past that fundie bastard.

      • FuglyDuck
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        25 months ago

        Incorrect. The speaker has full dictatorial control of what comes up for a vote in the first place.

        If they flipped, and caucused with the dems as independents… Johnson wouldn’t be speaker, now would he? Jeffries or whoever would be.

        It’s a pipe dream, but it’s such a very lovely pipe dream because it’s actually possible.

        • @Viking_Hippie
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          5 months ago

          Oh yeah, missed that part somehow lol, sorry about that!

          Jeffries might not let it go ahead either, though. He’s quite right wing and EXTREMELY pro-corporate, so he may well have some owner donors in common with the six judicial disgraces 🤷

          • FuglyDuck
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            35 months ago

            I mean it’s possible, but we’re asking republicans to do the right thing here; and I’m pretty sure they haven’t run out of other things to try yet, so, it’s gonna be a while.

            • @Viking_Hippie
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              15 months ago

              Republicans or Hakeem Jeffries*

              Not that there’s that much of a difference 🤷

              • FuglyDuck
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                25 months ago

                Well, it might take him less time. I think we can rely on him to skip over things like “child sacrifice” and “ritual orgy”