We previously discussed the declaration of Rep. Al Green that the House might approve successive impeachments against President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., laid out an additional plan, impeach Trump if he wins reelection in 2020 and the Democrats take the Senate. The comments suggest a certain impeachment addiction that may be growing in the Democratic ranks. Saying that you may want a do-over before it is over reflects a growing political dependence on impeachment as a form of political speech.
The comment came after TMZ founder Harvey Levin noted to Bass that
“There’s no such thing, really, as double jeopardy in an impeachment trial because it’s political. Suppose he gets reelected… and you win back the Senate in a big way. If you did that, would you be inclined to take a second bite at the apple and reintroduce the exact same impeachment articles and then send it through again a second if you have a Democratic Senate on your side?”
Bass responded
“So, you know, yes, but I don’t think it would be exactly the same and here’s why because even though we are impeaching him now, there’s still a number of court cases, there’s a ton of information that could come forward. For example, we could get his bank records and find out that he’s owned 100 percent by the Russians. You are absolutely right in your scenario, but the only thing I would say slightly different is, it might not be the same articles of impeachment because the odds are we would have a ton more information, and then the odds of that, sadly enough, is that, you know, he probably has other examples of criminal behavior.”
In fairness to Rep. Bass, there is no reason why a second impeachment could not be based on newly discovered grounds. However, my problem, again, is the insistence on impeaching by Christmas. The financial records case is moving through the courts and one has already been subject to a Supreme Court stay pending consideration of the merits. Daisy-chaining impeachments is not the optimal approach for this country when a slightly more circumspect and deliberate process could yield this evidence.
Just curious, would congress woman Bass also be an aspiring rapper.
They aen’t politicans they are the mechanical means used to rebroadcast the daily mantra aka machine parts. No ad hominem here. Requires a human presence.
Are they politicians or just suffering from Collectivitis?
This one even looks like a turkey burger and isn’t worth much more than that.
This NYTImes headline represents the duplicitous nature of progressives. They accept progressive pedophiles, rapists, liars, and thieves but they don’t accept the Constitution.
“Harvey Weinstein and his former studio have a tentative $25 million deal with his accusers. He won’t have to admit wrongdoing or pay his own money. “
“Nuthin’ at all.”
Following Thumper’s advice.
I’m glad Rep. Bass was asked this question. Her reply is odious, signaling in advance an unwillingness to accept the results of 2020 should Pres. Trump be re-elected, and rather to weaponize the Constitutional impeachment process as an alternate means deciding leadership. When are we going to hear a Democrat confidently reject this slimy approach, and commit to winning based solely on a competition of ideas and proposals?
you can see how profoundly successful the Russian meddling has been, not because “their guy won,” but because they succeeded in accentuating the factions in American society and undermining confidence in elections as such
Democrats have played into their hands a thousand times over and are now busy undermining confidence in the impeachment process and Congress itself, to boot
in judo you can see how an opponent can be unbalanced and then thrown in their face. that’s what they have done to us, but only possible because America has become so fragmented and unbalanced in the first place.
Yes, yes! Impeach again and again…
you forgot the seig heil we serve the party portion so how will The Collective know when to chant and went to stiff arm?
Another example of why we cannot trust politicians to administer justice.