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Massive conflict of interest
13 senators participated in a conspiracy to overthrow an election. all of them will now vote on whether or not to convict the ringleader of the conspiracy.
this is not okay.
the senate needs 17 "defectors" from the republican party to convict trump.
if the 13 senators involved in the attempt were removed from that pool, that would leave 87 senators voting.
2/3 of 87 is 58 senators. only 8 "defectors" would be needed.
the accused should never be allowed to be a judge in their own case.
bvbowalrus
Just like how the military did their own investigation into the issues at their own VA hospitals!!!!?? ??♀️?♀️....
Lemmingofdarkestnight
Best you would get is that they would recuse themselves, but that wouldn't change the number of votes to convict.
tesseract4d2
really? they need a 2/3 of all senators, not just the ones voting? that's pretty ridiculous.
Cavalrysword
Pelosi should not have let them be seated.
procrastinatingagain
Pelosi has no control over the Senate.
allthenamesaregone
That's how the system is set up. It was always expected that there may be ONE seditious element, not a whole party.
mikenco
Important fact right now is that Trump will not be a financial drain on the US from now on. His lying cheating ass will have to pay itself.
mikenco
..he also can't run again; and put the country through a similar term of bullshit and damage.
BobofthePines
Not entirely true. The senate, not the house, have to make that happen as it’s not part of the impeachment process.
TheOriginalAmberRose
Yes, that's the issue the dissenting Republicans shied away from with their 'it won't help us heal' rhetoric.
tesseract4d2
you are mistaken. the senate has to vote to convict and remove him for that to happen. he's already been impeached once, but the senate did
tesseract4d2
not vote to remove him, or he would not have been able to run in the last election, and we wouldn't be talking about this.
mikenco
Didn't the events of today change that?
tesseract4d2
all that happened today is that the democrat-packed house voted for impeachment. we kinda knew this was gonna happen. they could've
tesseract4d2
impeached him for picking his nose each day and it likely would've passed in the house. the real challenge is the senate. they have to get
13Alpha
Nope. He was just impeached again, not convicted.