“I’ve made clear from the very beginning that our top priority is going to be to drive down the high cost of living,” the House minority leader said on Fox News Sunday.

  • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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    Hungarian here, we had an election in April, we now have 2 ministers, and a central bank chief in custody, with the son of said central banker also having an international arrest warrant out for him. And we’re not done, not by far.

    And we have a better democracy than we had before. Prosecution of criminals is part of democracy.

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    Alright, y’all have to fire this loser.

    Your country went to the brink of authoritarian dictatorship; on Tuesday, it crept back one sixteenth of an inch from the precipice. Prosecuting every motherfucker who broke the law in Trump’s administration should be priorities 1, 2, and 3. Brazil put their Trump in jail after their January 6. Maybe they could give your politicians some democracy lessons.

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    If he phrased this as “affordability is my priority, and I’m not ruling out that the way to assure that is to impeach the President and his cabinet,” he could have plausible deniability. But as it is, he’s clearly listening to the wrong political operatives.

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    Conducting checks and balances is literally his effing job. Bro doesnt even understand what his job is.

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    I get it Jeffries, but their is something called “the law.” The price hikes are due to those Orange Shitstains breaking multiple laws.

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    Going back to politics as usual is what they did when Biden got elected and look where that got them. This time MAGA’s done way more criminal shit. They need to be held accountable to kick their fascism to the curb, also for the sake of the rest of the world.

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    Why the fuck would impeachment be a priority? Like in what world do you think that’s what the fucking election was about?

    You think the people of Texas and South Carolina elected Democrats because they want to see some DC fight? No, goddamnit, they didn’t. Those people are tired of the reality tv government show.

    They want $3 gas, groceries they can afford, and that dumbfuck war to stop. They want health care they can afford. They want financial security, a future for their kids, and a functioning society.

    They want us to stop giving Netanyahu his Genocide Allowance.

    But mostly, they want to be able to stop thinking about the fucking government. They want to spend their life energy on their kids and their families and their community/church/hobbies.

    Last thing they voted for was more theater, more spectacle, more of this shit.

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      Yeah, but hear me out: there’s a guy in the White House who is responsible for all of this, and impeachment is literally the solution to that problem.

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      I agree with your sentiment, but a couple of minor points.

      A lot of people definitely want Trump and company to face charges. This is also necessary if we want to join global society again.

      They also want a bunch of other stuff and won’t be happy unless things like affordability are addressed as well.

      The people who don’t want it are the people who turncoated on Trump. They don’t want their faces rubbed in it.

      Lastly, a majority of people who voted for the blowhard spectacle that is the Trump admin definitely wanted theatre.

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        As soon as you find 12+ Republican senators willing to talk impeachment, then you can talk impeachment.

        Until then it doesn’t fucking matter because WE DON’T HAVE THE GODDAMN FUCKING NUMBERS TO IMPEACH THE FUCKING PRESIDENT.

        I don’t know why you dolts can’t do basic math, but our 54 Senators is not 2/3 of 100 Senators, so there’s no impeaching anyone.

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          We did last time and he hadn’t broke half the laws he has now.

          Not sure why you are so irrationally angry about impeachment. I would say he has a much greater chance of impeachment and conviction this time around. You do know that impeachment and conviction are two separate things.

          I take offense being called a fucking dolt by someone arguing we need to move on. If we stopped because we didn’t have enough support literally nothing would happen politically ever. You have to build the support like always.

          Since the President has unlimited powers this can also be handled by the next president. Boy would those shit stains convulse if their stupid presidential powers and immunity were used against them. It would serve them right and maybe that could motivate a bi-partisan effort to repeal the stupidity SCROTUS pushed through.

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            Fuck off with your attitude. I am not irrationally angry about impeachment. I am frustrated that you know-nothing dipshits are once again pursuing an agenda that you cannot achieve. You literally don’t know how any of this works, but you are extremely confident in your incorrect answers.

            Bunch of fucking mansplainers.

            It only hurts the cause and makes me question whether or not you’re with the fascists, just here to stir up shit.

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              Yeah, sure buddy.

              I know for a fact fascists are against impeachment.

              Take you accusations elsewhere, I just gave some common sense clarifications to your statement while saying I supported the sentiment which is basically you are tired of the circus. I totally get that.

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                It doesn’t matter if you’re against or for impeachment you dumb fuck. That’s the point. There aren’t enough votes for it.

                You might as well demand the Democrats develop the ability to levitate. That’s how much sense you make.

                Learn how shit works and some basic facts, like “you need 67 votes to ditch the president and we only have 56 max,” before you make an idiot of yourself next time.

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                  I don’t care if he only gets impeached and not convicted. I can live with that. We can definitely get him convicted this time around.

                  This is the best time to do it and we will get Republicans to defect because they know by not doing so they are taking sides with the cancer that is the Tump admin. It is a political death sentence at this point which is a good thing.

                  You talk a lot of shit, are self defeating, and you are doing the work for fascist fucks. Cheers!

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    It’s not about getting even, though that is a nice fringe benefit. It is about holding criminals to account and not letting it be seen that they can just skate away scot free without paying for their crimes.

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    Have voters not made it clear enough that YOU don’t get to decide what is or isn’t a priority…they do.

    The entire election was about Republicans doing whatever they wanted regardless of the wishes of their electorate. You sure you want to burn down that same bridge, Hakeem…?

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      Call your rep and tell them not to vote for Jeffries. I think this election ought to scare the shit out of everyone who isn’t a progressive that they are on the hot seat to actually fucking do something.

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        Already done and told my senators not to vote for genocidal self enrichment expert chuck Schumer. I think one of them might actually not vote for them