Republicans "on board" with Pam Bondi impeachment—Ro Khanna
Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, said Monday that some Republicans are "on board" with potentially impeaching Attorney General Pam Bondi over the Department of Justice's (DOJ) failure to release all of its files related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by the congressionally mandated deadline.
Pointing out that Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, would be "leading" the effort if it moves forward, Khanna said during an interview with Morning Joe on MS Now that "there are a few Republicans who are on board with it." However, he noted that this would not be the first step to pressure Bondi and the DOJ, highlighting that they'd first move forward with pushing to hold her in contempt of Congress.
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I'll believe it when I see it.
Do we even have a majority of Democrats on board with impeachment?
One thing I've learned about American politics is that hope doesn't exist any more.
Don't tell me things about US politics until after they've happened.
They passed the bill to release the files, stands to reason that the same people would vote for impeachment.
You would think.
They passed a bill riddled with loopholes that would allow these extended redactions. Stands to reason the same people will make a lot of noise about how disappointed they are, then kick the can through the next election cycle until its not their problem anymore.
They think they can get by on show because a significant portion of the Democratic base accepts pageantry in lieu of meaningful action.
Democrats will come up with some shit like "we have to be better than this" and abstain.
That's a low bar. Most of them would be more useful fertilizing crops.
Good, so get on with it! No more talk, no more grace periods, she intentionally failed to comply with the Epstein file release legislation. No more waiting, talking, waffling. Start impeaching NOW, as in TODAY.
You realize impeachment isn’t the same as removing them from office, right?
I.E. Bill Clinton was impeached but not removed from office.
Correct but impeachment is the first step towards removing from office. I'd still prefer the House impeach those deserving of removal and it failing in the Senate rather than the House just shrugging it off entirely because people expect the Senate won't follow through.
Yup, plus it normalizes the action of starting to hold people accountable. If you get to the point where you're regularly impeaching the corrupt bozos in this administration, it's more likely that some of them will stick with convictions.
I've been hounding my representative about this. DO SOMETHING. IT MATTERS. He keeps yammering about how it's not the right time. "It gives the opponent ammunition in claiming persecution." Blah blah blah.
Trump was impeached twice
And then his best bros, the senate comes to his aid to acquit him, twice...
67 votes in the Senate is a high bar. It is doubly complicated by a fundraising system where Senators relying on their party's president and his sway over donors to fund their next election.
Trump's a symptom of much deeper problems we've been ignoring for decades
My point proven.
Sadly, yes... otherwise the Orange One would be out.
If it's already in violation of the law, then why is inaction acceptable? This is exactly what Trump acolytes know - every deadline can be ignored until there are consequences.
I imagine this grace period was negotiated to get more republicans on board with impeachment
I don't quite see it as inaction, as it's a step forward. But it's a very, very small step forward, and quite disappointing
"We're gonna count to three.....one...two...two and a half....two and three quarters......two and seven eights......two and fifteen sixteenths"
Not gonna happen. Republicans just can't help themselves. They will bend the knee to Dear Leader.
Republicans are known to readily throw loyal lackeys under the bus to protect their ringleaders. This could happen, but the person she is acting entirely on behalf of — Donald “The Rapist” Trump — will continue to get off scott-free.
Unless he is literally flayed on live tv within the next couple months, his continued existence is an affront to the entire concept of karma. He's already so old, and so influential, and so insulated by sycophants, he's already crossed the finish line. He won. He has lived a life seemingly entirely devoid of regrets. He is potentially the greatest rapist of all time. Of women, of children, of society, of the nation, and of the future itself.
She should lose her law license.
This will end up exactly like the Trump impeachments from his first term. The house will impeach Bondi but the votes will not be there in the Senate to convict and remove her.
Less talk more action. Otherwise it’s just not real.
"some" "on board with" "potentially".
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
Look at the democrats dance. Dance little performing monkeys, dance.
If someone is doing something that's impeachable, the practical thing to do is the president should fire them, cuz otherwise the president is at fault and we should just skip the middleman and directly impeach the president.
Every GOP Congressmember and a third of the Senators will be up for re-election next year.
Dropping the hammer on Bondi [and Trump] will be a smart way for them to try and stave off a Blue Wave.
They're still trying to work out if Trump can get full unchecked power in time or not.
When it happens, it will go from a trickle to a panic sprint to the exits, quickly.
I think of it this way.
If an alcoholic can't get booze they're way more likely to look for pot or meth or anything else, rather than go to treatment.
Same thing with MAGA. Even if they dump Trump they aren't going to want to quit the movement.
Genii isn't going back in the bottle.
Good, fuck that bitch!
So far we know he murdered a baby, raped her mom who was 13 years old and also pregnant. He raped a pregnant 13 year old and murdered her baby. Yes! Ofcourse impeach!
And they will replace her with someone just as awful. They have these fascist fucks loaded up like a Pez dispenser. You pull one out and another loads in place.
They'll capitulate if their told to. Zero spines in any of their weak corrupt lil bodies.
But will they follow though?
@MicroWave It not quite that easy! It is required that 66% of the Senate be onboard and that will take a significant number of Republican Senators and they DON'T have them.
50% of the House to impeach.
67% of the Senate (round up).
They absolutely do not have rhe votes. Hell, they only passed the release the Epstein bill because it was toothless and that only needed 60 in the Senate.
The rats will flea the ship eventually. It always works that way.
They are because they will see it as a win. Not just a win. The win. They think removing her will cause the Epstein files to disappear.
Considering it's a party of dickless cowards, I doubt it