I just heard a talking head caution Democrats that impeachment should be a "somber" undertaking

[Atticus]

since it seeks to "overturn the will of the people".

Uh-uh.

12 million more people voted for someone else and nearly 3 million of those chose Clinton!

[Hugin]

1. I'm filing this with the calls to be 'civil'.

'somber' and 'civil'... Yeah, that ship sailed more than two years ago.

[agingdem]

18. Civil?

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talk/walk softly...careful not to offend..don't give the repugs ammunition...say you're sorry, bend over, sacrifice our own (Franken) in the name of civility...not anymore! Call the asshat in our White House a motherfucker/liar/psychopath/traitor...talk impeachment all day everyday...so very tired of tiptoeing around it..at this point I don't want to wait for Mueller...start the process now!

[Vinca]

2. If we're talking "will of the people," 65% want him impeached.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. Is it really that high? Cool

[Tanuki]

3. This is how somber I'll be:

[tymorial]

16. I loath Trump but the fact we have to impeach a president is an embarrassment

I will feel relief but I wont celebrate

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. I just spent three minutes on fox. They are

Having a field day. Saying all we are doing is talking about getting trump despite promising an agenda. "Guess the amazing jobs report shut them up"

I suspect no matter what our leaders said they would gin it up against us. So doesn't matter.

Still don't understand why it's so hard to say, yes, believe he's committed impeachable offenses already like....but we will wait for Mueller report too

[Takket]

6. The jobs report was bullshit

They conveniently forgot to mention the one million people not getting paid because of the shutdown. That should be factored in.

[Hugin]

9. +1

Thanks for taking the words right out of my mouth.

[Greybnk48]

7. Where were they for the Clinton impeachment circus?

"Somber" is the last word I would use to describe that shit show.

It was embarrassingly ridiculous right down to the idiotic striped robes that the "dishonorable" Chief Justice William Rehnquist had made for the circus event.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2000/06/rehnquist-s-scandalous-shmatte.html

[VOX]

21. Precisely! It's like, "You can't talk about impeachment, only we can talk about impeachment."

They speak as if they have sole ownership of the rights surrounding the impeachment process.

[Me.]

8. To Be Fair...I Think He Was Quoting Our Speaker

[Greybnk48]

10. If so, then I agree. n/t

[spanone]

12. Oh and I've also heard this morning, more than once, that Democrats are in disarray.

[flibbitygiblets]

13. So, impeaching Bill Clinton for lying about a private affair was "somber"?

If so, then impeachment for FUCKING TREASON will be outright funereal. Happy now?

[tymorial]

14. I actually agree with this notion

While the outcome of impeachment could potentially provide relief to the nation through removal by the Senate, the fact that Congress would ever need to exercise constitutional powers to remove a sitting president is in itself a grave matter. The mere fact that a president has committed treason, felonies and/or misdemeanors is a national tragedy. While I do believe Trump is likely guilty, the integrity and importance of the office makes this somber.

[Atticus]

19. I totally agree that impeachment should be a "somber" decision. But, I do not agree

that Trump in our White House represents "the will of the people". Sorry if OP did not make that clear.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. It should.

The notion that a President may have committed grave acts against the country is a sad and sobering fact.

Look at footage from the Watergate hearings. The faces of the congress members were not happy.

Of course there was also the charade known as the Clinton impeachment but history has shown that for the joke that it was. It was a bastardization of the process.

[tymorial]

17. And stated.

Perfect.

[malaise]

20. THey didn't say that when t was Bill Clinton and he dd not obstruct justice or

violate the emoluments clause.
ITMF!

[Volaris]

22. The responsibilities of the office of the executive were supposed to be considered somber, too

Trump ignored that tradition INTENTIONALLY.
So whoever suggested this, can fuck right off.