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"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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Trump Impeachment: House Votes to Formalise Inquiry
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Is that really YOU that is reading this?
(Score: 1, Troll) by slinches on Friday November 01 2019, @08:00PM (2 children)
Yes, that's why they were calling for impeachment before he even took office.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @09:45PM (1 child)
I, for one, don't recall any mainstream discussion impeaching Trump before he took office. Admittedly that's "no true Scotsman" fallacy, but you can always find some extremist who says anything. Case in point, do you really think the Queen of England is a lizard alien?
Moreover, many people on the left hated Bush, but there were no widespread calls for his impeachment.
On the other hand, I do remember Trump and numerous Republicans demanding over and over that Obama present his birth certificate... even after more and more evidence was presented, including (as a recall) a photocopy of it.
I feel like this is a case of Republicans projecting and preemptively accusing others of their own playbook. It's a classic gaslighting technique... accusing the victim of the very action being done. (e.g. a spouse-abuser filing reports with the police that they are in fact the victim being abused by the other.)
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @11:42PM
One of Obamas parents was some kind of intelligent agent, with some still classified activities. That is why they had to release a fake birth certificate and ran McCain against him as controlled opposition so they could pass this: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-resolution/511 [congress.gov]