We can’t have Jeffries as speaker

  • apftwb@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Jeffries today: Yeah. Impeachment is not really a priority

    Chuck at least had the sense to keep his mouth shut this morning about his lack of ambition. God I cannot wait for Chuck to face a DSA primary in two years.

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      Schumer should risign so he can spend more time with his imaginary friends the Baileys.

      Jeffries is already giving up bargaining chips before he’s even sat down at the table to negotiate.

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      To be fair, he might be hinting at 25th. It’d be easier to go that route, I think. And this would be much more likely to get Republicans on board as well. He’s clearly getting worse at an accelerating rate. His decline is speeding up and taking him out with a 25th may come off as sympathy as opposed to revenge. And then you throw is ass in prison.

      Oh shit it’s Jeffries we were talking about… Yeah, you can ignore the previous paragraph.

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        It’d be easier to go that route, I think.

        It takes a larger supermajority than impeachment: 2/3 of both houses. The cabinet needs to sign on as well. And the president can contest the finding of incapacity and drag out the proceedings.

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        Doesn’t that require the consent of the cabinet? I don’t think they would ever go against Dear Leader.

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          They’re not really loyal. If they think JD Vance has a chance, they’ll hitch themselves to any winning chance at this point.

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            I’d love to see them saddled with Vance for 2 years. Even the most abject MAGA rube can tell that there’s something the matter with that creep. He radiates cynicism, condescenscion and inauthenticity.

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      I’m cautiously optimistic, he said we’ll let the chips fall and let the oversight committee do their job. Also that the priority is the economy, cost of living and corruption.

      So in a round about way he said that if that’s where the chips fall, impeachment will happen but that it’s not going to be their top priority.

      But I’ll have to see it to believe it cause these guys…ugh.