Cowards.

  • cruseo@piefed.worldEnglish
    2·
    13 hours ago

    Even if they had managed to get him impeached in the house, they would not have had the votes in the Senate to convict him. like with the previous two Trump impeachment, this only would’ve emboldened him.

    In a way, it’s gonna be much worse for him when they impeach him in January.

    • slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      14 hours ago

      Yeah the vote was 211-204 with 11 Dems missing, thus handing the Republicans a propaganda win on a silver platter:

      Edit: To be fair, the time slot was short, which Rs had in their hands as they chose a priviledged resolution.

        • slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works
          4·
          14 hours ago

          Rs probably triggered the vote to show the public: See, Dems might have won some elections, but impeachment still fails! So nothing to see here! On stupid people that are mostly ill-informed (not knowing that it takes till next jear for the majority to shift) this works well.

          Edit: Also the time slot was short, which Rs had in their hands as they chose a priviledged resolution.

          • HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth
            3·
            21 hours ago

            While my faith in the average voter truly has no bottom, this false narrative will only last 2 months until we find out whether the Dems will actually keep to their word.

            Until then, many and much more disastrous things could be done by Repubs than hold a lame-duck session vote.

      • zoloftt@lemmy.world
        1·
        19 hours ago

        They cancelled the vote before people could even show up…

        Edit: Also, the vote was whether or not to move the impeachment to committee, not whether or not to impeach him… Y’all need to read more