The September 2019 US Politics Thread is great Great GREAT GR8

The first responsibility of the President of the United States is to keep our country safe, but it has become clear that our president has placed his personal interests above the national security of our nation. I believe articles of impeachment are warranted. My statement: pic.twitter.com/LXzsMResqt

— Congressman Antonio Delgado (@repdelgado) September 24, 2019

this dude is basically a Republican so yeah I'd say the tide is turning a bit

It really is so ridiculous to not pursue impeachment because you're worried about the vulnerability of certain house races, if, when you do have or get or secure the house, you do nothing because etc.

Of course, another question is what to do if the fever pitch reaches a peak before the whistleblower report comes out, or even before the (acting!) DNI testifies behind closed doors on Thursday, and the report is inclusive or vague or whatever. I think the Dems should be prepared to go forward anyway, because the president is a criminal, but they'll need to have all their other charges in order, just in case, and that's the only real concern for caution I can see.

This really isn't rocket science for Dems.

You open the hearings, and vote to impeach, all the while continuing to hammer away this point, every day, every hour: that's it's a foregone conclusion the Senate will exonerate.

Just take that supposed "victory" away from them, start framing up the certainty of their failure to convict as part of a cover-up, an abdication of constituitional responsibilty.

Put them in a fucking box. Let them prove you wrong. Jeez.

Best case: you peel off some purple-state R's and throw this motherfucker out

Worst case: those same purple R's have to take their exoneration on the campaign trail

OTM. Impeachment in the house is a club to beat Trump with, Senate failure to convict can be a blunt instrument to beat the GOP with. xp

I realize he's running for president and he's under personal attack, including calls for the electric chair (!), but I kind of wish Joe Biden would just stay silent and let this play out with the people in charge. He's really got nothing to add to the story or investigation right now.

(Biden gently cups your buttocks, whispers 'I'll be fine, sweetheart', nuzzles back of your neck with his nose)

talk about old lunch there

Seriously. Get the mop.

the impeachment talk must've kept him up all night poor guy

this is one of the oddest speeches Trump has delivered. He's reading menacing stuff, but doing so as though he's trying to put people to sleep. #unga pic.twitter.com/gUClxMsUk4

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 24, 2019

That whole thread is worth a scan. My fave so far may be were he says "fire" instead of "tire" and just barfs it out like "fire or tire" is a real phrase.

damn he's really barred out

low energy. sad!

He's reading it like that because it's time to put Wilbur down for a nap.

wilbur needs no encouragement tbf

“future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots.”

cool

pretty sure he's thinking of "the past"

https://larsmagne23.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/shot0006-png.jpg

President Trump was surrounded by like-minded company when the speeches began in the cavernous General Assembly hall on Manhattan’s East Side. He was preceded by President Jair M. Bolsonaro of Brazil, sometimes called the mini-Trump, a polarizing figure at home who, like Mr. Trump, dismisses fears about climate change and disparages critics on Twitter.

After Mr. Trump comes President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, the former general who has come to symbolize the repression of the Arab Spring revolutions — although his appearance was thrown into doubt this past weekend as protests erupted at home. Then comes President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, an autocrat who has bullied critics and whose government is a leading jailer of journalists.

murderer's row

cage fight to the death
my money is on bolsonaro

1000% certain he's seeing this U.N. speech for the first time as he reads it.

— Jon Wurster (@jonwurster) September 24, 2019

Was anyone under the impression that any of his public speaking is the result of any rehearsal/preparation whatsoever?

i was not

well at his rallies he just goes up and says whatever bullshit, so you gotta figure every one is like practice for the next

I love the Venezuelan rep very conspicuously "fuck you"-reading a book during this speech

My fave so far may be were he says "fire" instead of "tire" and just barfs it out like "fire or tire" is a real phrase.

He does this a lot when trying to read

lol nbc even

WATCH: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appears to sleep during Trump’s United Nations speech. pic.twitter.com/uOGGF0mamz

— CNBC (@CNBC) September 24, 2019

Yes but it's well established at this point that Ross is a sleep viking.

Lewis:

NEW … JOHN LEWIS on the House floor: “We can not delay. we must not wait. now is the time to act. i have been patient as we tried every other path and used every other tool”

“I truly believe the time to begin impeachment proceedings against this president has come"

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) September 24, 2019

https://i.imgur.com/XeuvsXd.jpg

haaaaaa, love it

Man, Trump is such a slug he even makes Boris Johnson look ok in comparison.

Dick Durbin has at least one right idea. Because the WH refuses to cooperate with anything, from subpoenas on down, what other choice do they have but to launch a formal impeachment investigation?

Very solid #Dem House leadership source just confirmed to me that @SpeakerPelosi will announce a formal impeachment inquiry this afternoon and imply that she herself favors impeachment of @realDonaldTrump.

— Howard Fineman (@howardfineman) September 24, 2019

What, is she going to tug her ear while she says it or something?

Ah, the obvious crimes finally became obvious enough

Maybe she just checked her email for the first time in three years.

better to learn about it here than on Twitter where six thousand people post the Meryl Streep gif at the Golden Globes.

So, while we're here, things are finally, formally turning on impeachment, Netanyahu is poised to GTFO, Johnson is prepping his resume for the UK Dancing with the Stars ...

I’d actually wager that we’re about to enter the most dangerous, uncertain phase of all. They aren’t going to go down quietly, and there not going to play by the rules.

None of those eggs are chickens. xp

Or, maybe they'll shit their pants, awkwardly back out of the chamber, and never be seen from again.

Happy to hear this. Maybe it is for the best it is getting started now and not several months back. This looks like a more cut and dry issue than anything in the Mueller report. By the time that one came out, the public saw it as “underwhelming.”

Better that impeachment wasn’t already “wrapped up” when this dropped is what I’m saying. Maybe Pelosi is OK.

Well, if they get it going than a) expectations won't get built up too high and b) the Republicans won't be able to push their own bullshit story for years. I mean, some of the water carriers are already trying, but the story is moving too fast.

"Trump had no choice to dissolve Congress, unfortunately", stated a troubled Graham.

CONFIRMED: Pelosi will announce a formal impeachment inquiry later today AND share that she personally supports impeaching Donald Trump.

— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) September 24, 2019

So dumdum just said he'd release the full transcript of the call tomorrow ... but no word on the whistleblower report, which apparently goes much deeper.

Seeing these two hi-five each other...well, these are strange times!

Yes, this is an emergency. We don’t have the luxury of time w/ another committee.

Judiciary has been investigating& putting the pieces together for months. Impeachment belongs there.

We must honor jurisdiction, historical precedent,& work done + allow Judiciary to move forward. https://t.co/CM0gXN7T1i

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 24, 2019

"I find the willingness of the House to initiate impeachment proceedings against our magnificent president to be deeply troubling," said Mitch McConnell, looking deeply troubled, "I can see no good coming from this decision," he added, looking even more deeply troubled.

I feel like AOC will accept and/or signal-boost ideas she agrees with, wherever they come from...and on the other hand, she'll call out shitty ideas whether or not they come from "her team."