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posted by martyb on Friday November 01 2019, @02:18PM   Printer-friendly
from the Red-Queen-Race dept.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50246324

"The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to formally proceed with the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.

The measure details how the inquiry will move into a more public phase. It was not a vote on whether the president should be removed from office.

This was the first test of support in the Democratic-controlled House for the impeachment process.

The White House condemned the vote, which passed along party lines.

Only two Democrats - representing districts that Mr Trump won handily in 2016 - voted against the resolution, along with all Republicans, for a total count of 232 in favour and 196 against."


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @03:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @03:56PM (#914628)

    I don't think that's the goal. The DNC has learned the lesson of Trump 2016 and Kavanaugh. Their 'September surprise' was 'grab her by the pussy.' That sort of stuff was not designed to get more Hillary voters, but to discourage Trump voters. And it had what seems to have had, literally, 0 effect. Kavanaugh had a similar result.

    So I think the goal of the impeachment is to try to bring in DNC voters. The way they will do this is drag on the circus just long enough such that the acquittal in the senate will happen just before the election. They can then spin the senate acquitting Trump as emphasizing the need to come vote and reshape the senate and congress.

    And I do think it's probably their best bet. Certainly better than what's becoming the increasingly trite sex allegations or 'he secretly said something nasty in private'. At the same though it's a big gamble. I personally think that the impeachment charges are horseshit. Calling that phone call quid quo pro is stretching things to say the least, and even if it were - that's not a crime. If enough people ending up seeing the charges are politically motivated, the entire strategy stands to backfire hard since I think everybody is fed up with rampant partisanship and the idea of actively voting for it is going to deter voters that might have otherwise voted.