House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda, with investigations of President Donald Trump, his family and his administration if the party sweeps control of the chamber from Republicans in the November elections.
The undertaking is as robust as it is daunting, spanning several House committees. With majority power comes bigger budgets and staff, and the ability to investigate, subpoena and potentially course-correct what the Democrats say are widespread corruption and abuses of power. Impeachment of the Republican president and Cabinet officials is not off the table.
“There is a cost to the American people of the out-of-control corruption,” said Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, who is in line to become House speaker if Democrats win control at the Capitol.
it shoudnt be a fucking option. it should the entire fucking agenda.
you fucking fucks are not fucking playing the same game anymore wake the fuck up
Impeachment does nothing. He’s already been impeached. Twice.
Unless they want to demonstrate to the People and the world that their democracy is broken for a third time, it has limited use.
Then why even say impeachment is an option?
Probably to placate everyone? They are acknowledging that it is deserved, but they are also hinting that it will go nowhere and be a waste of time.
Well, then that should set our expectations on what they mean by “oversight” - placation thay will go nowhere
If you can’t get 2/3 of the senate to convict, impeachment is so much political theater. Democrats will be quite lucky to take a majority in the senate, 67 is theoretically possible but not realistic, I don’t think, and unless a lot changes quickly there won’t be many republican defections. Not that it’s useless, because impeachment proceedings are another time sink for the executive branch, but it’s foolish to put eggs into that basket because it’s a broken mechanism.
The more important function of Congress over the next two years will be the stoppage of rubber stamping of Trump-friendly legislation, subpoenaing executive officials and forcing them to choose between testifying under oath and risking contempt (and public reporting of same, for whatever that’s worth), and investigating and reporting on the crimes that Trump and his administration have committed over the past two years.
Are they going to do anything about the people who ignore the subpoena or just let that slide like last time?
It is absolutely not “theater,” though if you don’t understand the process I could see how it could be tempting to think that
Yeah but what about my rage at very complicated things that seem super simple to me? How will I blame the Democrats for that?
“Option” - lmao, already providing themselves cover to do nothing. Dems are so beyond pathetic.
Dems are turning what should have been a blue tsunami this year into a tepid blue wave with all the left-bashing they’re engaged in, and this is in the face of a pure and unadulterated fascist regime. They’re totally clueless on how to meet this moment.
By the time they’re done doing worse than jack shit over the next 2 years, Repugs will be back to winning elections.
The 2 party system and the delusion of checks and balances have failed this country beyond reason. Those who claim to represent us are torn between doing the bidding of oligarchs, or foreign countries’ governments, while our people are left suffering and robbed of our very dignity.
Well and truly disgustipated.
Let’s not forget the removal option this time.
There’s going to be so many strongly worded letters.
Gavin Newsom might makes some posts in ALL CAPS 😍
And apparently they will be very expensive.
can’t wait to hear about how they don’t have the numbers or for two or three ‘democrats’ to inexplicibly vote with Trumpists.
They are going to INVESTIGATE so so so HARD! SO HARD that it’ll be REALLY EASY for NO PUNISHMENTS to happen because that would be POLITICAL!
My favorite Mamdani quote:
“For far too long, our party has seen its job as managing decline instead of delivering material change for working people,” Mamdani said at a rally headlined by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. “It has seen its job as explaining why we cannot instead of showing how we can."
That’s the MAGA comedy duo of Schmuck & Jeffries, in a nutshell.
Nothing will happen to MAGA as long as those two losers remain in power. They need to get the hook, dragged from the stage, and investigated just as deeply as any MAGA, because we’ll find out they were working for them the entire time. Nothing else but collaboration explains their consistent fecklessness.
crimes, this should be “hey we are putting this for prosecution and no money settlements, only jail time”.
I’d like to believe they’ll follow through. 🙄 But even best case scenario, it’s gonna take more than two years to investigate, prosecute, with the sheer volume of crimes and corruption. And even then… the damage won’t be undone in my lifetime.
Wow, just in time
I hope it’s been made clear to them how thin the ice really is
Option, not duty?
Option? It should be a requirement.
Conviction after impeachment is nearly impossible given that 67 Senators need to vote for it; at best the Democrats could reach 52 or 53 seats in the Senate.
Edit: Not that it’s not worth going through the impeachment process in the House to underscore just how far off the rails Trump has gone, but Trump will never be convicted in the Senate for anything he’s done as President in the current political landscape.
