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RE: Did they impeach him yet? I am getting bored waiting...
Only the house has moved forward with impeachment. The Senate still needs to vote on it, and with the Republicans controlling the Senate the odds of that happening are not likely.
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the senate has no say in voting for impeachment, so...
But the Senate is the one that tries him on the articles of impeachment. They need a 2/3 vote on each count. The current Senate is 53 Republican, 45 Democrat, 2 independent. I've heard rumblings of Democratic Representatives threatened with primaries if they didn't fall in line on the articles of impeachment, it wouldn't be out of the question for the GOP to threaten the same of their senators. Democrats would need at least 15 senators to cross party lines to convict and remove the president. Realistically, I don't see that happening.
Remember, Clinton was impeached by the house but acquitted by the Senate. Impeachment is only one step in a larger process.
Sources:
https://andrewgoodman.org/news-list/about-impeachment/?gclid=CjwKCAiA3OzvBRBXEiwALNKDP9j-oe2gpNoV-3bkeHD3znBYrZDt65wysrGp2W_bqULkFpZkUhg2QhoC_t4QAvD_BwE
https://www.senate.gov/history/partydiv.htm
I remember this, Clinton got away with everything scot-free back in the day. Support for him grew actually because everyone was mad at the republicans for being dumb asses.
hint: conviction and impeachment are two words with different meanings.
LOL
The senate is the actual fucking place where the trial happens you idiot. Impeachment is not official until he is removed from office. Otherwise its just a dog and pony show for low tier mentally slow people like yourself.
please look up the definitions of words before engaging in online discourse.
hint: conviction and impeachment are two words with different meanings.
please read the constitution.