• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    4 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 wonā€™t happen as long as the Jericho Johnson has the gavel.

    but if those 4 jump shipā€¦ caucus with the demsā€¦ he wouldnā€™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 wouldnā€™t get past that fundie bastard.

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      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 independentsā€¦ Johnson wouldnā€™t be speaker, now would he? Jeffries or whoever would be.

      Itā€™s a pipe dream, but itā€™s such a very lovely pipe dream because itā€™s actually possible.

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        4 months ago

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

        Jeffries might not let it go ahead either, though. Heā€™s quite right wing and EXTREMELY pro-corporate, so he may well have some owner donors in common with the six judicial disgraces šŸ¤·

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          I mean itā€™s possible, but weā€™re asking republicans to do the right thing here; and Iā€™m pretty sure they havenā€™t run out of other things to try yet, so, itā€™s gonna be a while.