you say "Republicans in congress" and that's absolutely correct, but there's also a huge contingent of Democrats in Congress who are using being in the minority as an excuse to do nothing when they could be doing much much more.
Really Mike Johnson just needs to be willing to schedule a vote. A couple Republicans and all the Dems could end this. Every day the tariffs go on is on Mike Johnson
My theory is it's currently a combination of a) intense ideological fealty to Trump for delivering the end of Roe, b) broad support for and agreement with the social order Trump promises to re-establish, and c) genuine fear of Musk's money/MAGA primary voters/death threats.
Yes, and rich tariff-hating donors can pressure Republicans in Congress to end this by withholding donations until those Republicans join with Democrats to rein Trump in (and impeach and convict him if necessary).
Yes they can. Terminate the emergency “powers” that have made the president effectively an autocrat. Reinstate checks and balances. They should have known better. I am so disappointed. Even if T is right in some areas all tariffs should have gone through Congress
Tillis is already being threatened for speaking up. These folks so afraid of primaries makes Cheney and Kinzinger seem even bigger than the moment for speaking out during impeachment hearings.
Just called my senators and rep (all democrats) begging them to work across the aisle to find a way to get rid of Trump. Impeachment? 25 amendment? Laws that make him impotent? I got tired of calling everyday on yet another issue and asked that they get rid of him.
theoretically, yes.
but realistically, the republicans in congress right now are not capable of ending this because they're either complicit or lack the courage to fulfill the oath they supposedly swore to uphold.
I agree with both. Feels like the Reps are politically and ideologically trapped (a trap of their own making) and some are rumored to be under even physical threat, but also yeah, completely legislatively empowered to do something about it
Just so I’m clear, the people who couldn’t vote to impeach him after he lost an election and staged an insurrection are the people who the fate of our country hinges upon?
The only option left to Republicans now is to bet on there not being elections anymore. There is no other positive outcome left. Trump can’t even fix this now because he could remove all the tariffs and no other country would trust the next time he sneezes they won’t be back.
Every day this goes on will take a full calendar month to repair. Even then the rest of the world will need to see something dramatic to prove that we're committed to being an honest steward again.
Republicans
can't be trusted
again.
They have found
that lawless winning
is better than
honorably losing.
They have the
taste in their mouths,
like blood.
Integrity is for
chumps.
Raise your hand
and take that oath
while lying your
ass off.
I just listened to Arrington start with a thinly veiled evangelical Christian phrase that if you aren’t familiar with that type of wording probably wouldn’t notice. They are deep in a cult. They are hard core believers. It’s going to take more than empathy and knowledge to get an R to do anything.
It’s so bizarre to me when people have more hope that the fascist party will decide it’s winning too much and pump the brakes than hope that the opposition party will take any effective action.
Good point. I think we need to accept that most elected and appointed government officials are not going to have much of a role in dismantling a fascist regime.
We're trying to push them to end it. An email asking for comment on the position of every House representative on impeachment went out Monday. Responses are due by noon Wednesday. After that, letters to the editors of local papers start getting sent. https://www.citizensimpeachment.com/
I don’t expect elected Republicans to do the right thing, I expect them to be self-serving. And impeaching Trump or at least taking back tariff powers is one way they could be self-serving.
Trump is extorting the United States in a massive shakedown. American consumers, businesses, law firms, higher education, healthcare, R&D. No person, no sector is untouched. While Congress - which could stop Trump's American carnage tomorrow - sucks its thumb.
Seriously! There aren't 10 people left in the Republican Party with a basic set of morals. We're not asking them to be heros. Just stand for basic values. But I guess that's how they've managed to stay Republicans throughout all this, so we shouldn't be shocked.
That is indeed a good point, it would allow for a double impeachment of DJT and JDV then a relatively sane person stepping in, if a replacement of Johnson comes from among the normal people in the House.
All it takes is five of them who actually care about the country and its people.
They know this is stupid and wrong. And that, if our democracy survives, it might actually spell a 'blue-wash' of the GoP for 12-16 years. One can hope.
They can, but if they enforce congressional power over this, they’ll have a harder time denying having congressional power over the parts of the administration they like — you know, the racist transphobe things.
Let's say the Rs find their balls & impeach #IQ47. Then who, specifically, enforces that? He ain't leaving willingly. The #FBI, #SecretService, #Military, all run by MAGA (Nazi) loyalists.
You think Senators' families can't be disappeared?
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but realistically, the republicans in congress right now are not capable of ending this because they're either complicit or lack the courage to fulfill the oath they supposedly swore to uphold.
Which to me suggests this is more than Trump's insanity...it feels like it's been long-planned.
Because they are weak, and that's all the King cares about.
can't be trusted
again.
They have found
that lawless winning
is better than
honorably losing.
They have the
taste in their mouths,
like blood.
Integrity is for
chumps.
Raise your hand
and take that oath
while lying your
ass off.
I am shocked at how calm we all are.
But, many retired civil servants do—thanks to labor unions.
People are way too calm considering what's happening. IMHO
Tillis asking whose neck he can choke is insulting & gaslighting.
He’s a US Senator in the majority party. He should be exercising his power since he clearly recognizes how bad Trump’s actions are.
Yet, he was threatening the US Trade Rep and not Trump.
Tillis is a spineless p.o.s.
They know this is stupid and wrong. And that, if our democracy survives, it might actually spell a 'blue-wash' of the GoP for 12-16 years. One can hope.
Let's say the Rs find their balls & impeach #IQ47. Then who, specifically, enforces that? He ain't leaving willingly. The #FBI, #SecretService, #Military, all run by MAGA (Nazi) loyalists.
You think Senators' families can't be disappeared?
THAT is how big their balls gotta be.