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Trump Impeachment: House Votes to Formalise Inquiry

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

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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 Sunday November 03 2019, @02:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 03 2019, @02:08AM (#915184)

    I did not vote in 2012 or 2016. I've always considered myself extremely liberal, but the recent issues such as this have made me decide to likely vote for the orange man in 2020. The reason is in part because I simply cannot in any way, shape, or form relate to what the democratic party has turned into - but also because, in my opinion, they have been attempting to destroy Trump from day 0. Trump may not be a great president, or person, but a democracy requires that we make some effort to work together.

    I'm coming to a similar conclusion (also a liberal) with respect to Trump. For me, it has been the way the media has hounded him. To back up a bit, I caucused for Bernie Sanders all the way to the State convention in 2016. Being a Bernie supporter made me very aware of how the media was 100% on Hillary's side -- like that day the Washington Post ran 16 negative Bernie stories in 16 hours. I voted in 2016, but I voted 3d party because nothing could make me vote for a murdering $epithet like HRC.

    Since the election, I've seen the media do nothing but negative press on Trump. Just wall-to-wall negativity. I also watched how Obama got treated in the press despite extending and embracing GWB policy -- Obama was an epic disappointment from a liberal policy perspective and yet the press lionizes him.

    So yeah -- I see it as fake news. It fucking is. It's propaganda. And the Democrats -- what a bunch war loving wall street fellating turds. Given the amount of disgust I feel for BOTH the DNC and the MSM, the only logical choice is to vote in a way that kicks them both in nads. And that means voting for Trump. And let's be honest here -- unlike Obama, Trump has not gotten us into any new wars. It would be good if he got us out of some (and don't give me that shit about Obama and Iraq -- he left on GWB's timetable after Iraq refused to extend SOFA -- he tried to extend the war, failed, and declared himself a peacnik), but not getting into more wars is something at least, and something I wouldn't trust the Democrats to avoid.