Then we will have to either convince more of our elected representatives likewise or replace them in 2026. We will need the 218 votes in the House to impeach this President yet again, and then we will need the 60 votes in the Senate to convict him finally. #16People #Resistance - ThreadSky

mythtermeyer.bsky.social • 24 days ago

Then we will have to either convince more of our elected representatives likewise or replace them in 2026. We will need the 218 votes in the House to impeach this President yet again, and then we will need the 60 votes in the Senate to convict him finally. #16People #Resistance

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mythtermeyer.bsky.social•24 days ago

The President is a poster child for a Clear and Present Danger to the Republic. The charges (and many are possible) are almost beside the point. #16People #Resistance

mythtermeyer.bsky.social•24 days ago

He may be immune to prosecution, but the unified action of 278 of our elected representatives remains a legal Constitutional solution to the danger of the current administration. #16People #Resistance

mythtermeyer.bsky.social•24 days ago

The 262 non-Republicans would almost certainly vote this way as of today. That leaves, by my count, sixteen more people, including three vacant seats up for election very soon. Thirteen Senators alone, then, may be needed to make this possible. #16People #Resistance

mythtermeyer.bsky.social•24 days ago

I'd bargain that the newly transformed Mitch McConnell might drop that number to twelve. #16People #Resistance

mythtermeyer.bsky.social•24 days ago

Regardless of the mechanism, the attitude I mentioned above is the only way we escape these times with a functioning democracy. We can't bully our way out of this, or we're back to 1861 all over again.
Hearts and minds must be changed. #16People #Resistance

mythtermeyer.bsky.social•24 days ago

I'm sure a lot of people would see this kind of thinking as naive and quixotic. I'm not saying I believe this will happen. What I am saying is that if not easy, it's remarkably simple. Sixteen people. #16People

gulaschparty.bsky.social•24 days ago

I agree. Yet there is one flaw. It takes only a few months to dismantle institutions or to render them obsolete. By 2026 Senat and House either will not have the power and influence anymore to turn the ship around and/or the outcome of elections will no longer represent the will of the majority.

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