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struggle4progress

(118,290 posts)
Sat May 25, 2019, 04:51 PM May 2019

Ex-GOP congressman calls for impeachment

By Devan Cole, CNN
Updated 10:01 PM ET, Fri May 24, 2019

... "I'm calling for impeachment now because the Mueller report is out, and in it (special counsel Robert Mueller) describes 10 obstruction of justice charges that he could not bring because of a Department of Justice rule and regulation that says you can't indict a sitting president -- that's (reason) number one," former Rep. Tom Coleman, who represented Missouri for nearly two decades, told CNN's Erin Burnett on "OutFront."

"Number two, I believe this is an illegitimate President because he welcomed help and influence from the Russians in his campaign," he said. "For example, his (campaign) chairman Paul Manafort met with a Russian intelligence asset in New York and shared with him their polling information and a strategy on how to win the Midwestern states" ...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/24/politics/tom-coleman-trump-impeachment-cnntv/index.html

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Ex-GOP congressman calls for impeachment (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2019 OP
Finally, a few GOPers willing to take a stand for the USA Achilleaze May 2019 #1
EX- congressman. They've all been ex-'s or about to be. Hortensis May 2019 #9
I seriously doubt this is a stand against Trump Nuggets May 2019 #10
As explained here, as I understood it to be, it's not a 'rule', merely a 'policy' sprinkleeninow May 2019 #2
And if he were a current GOP Congressmember, guillaumeb May 2019 #3
Probably not. Andy823 May 2019 #4
I agree. guillaumeb May 2019 #5
Yes, they know if they criticize any powerful Rethug, they will lose.... KY_EnviroGuy May 2019 #6
They're afraid of being primaried Martin Eden May 2019 #8
Anyone who speaks out is brave. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #7

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
1. Finally, a few GOPers willing to take a stand for the USA
Sat May 25, 2019, 05:09 PM
May 2019

Right now the score is less than 1% GOP elected officials for America.

And more than 99% GOP elected officials for the KGOpee republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, Casino Hustler & Evil Empire* Sycophant, Dirty Donny (R).

* russia, according to ronald freaking reagan

 

Nuggets

(525 posts)
10. I seriously doubt this is a stand against Trump
Sun May 26, 2019, 11:29 AM
May 2019

More like the GOP using former members with nothing to lose to help push the Dems into impeachment so Trump and co. can walk away scott free.

I just can’t understand taking a Republicans words at face value. If you’re a Republican today your motives and ethics are automatically in question AFAIC. If they had any real ethnics the Republican Party would be tiny.

sprinkleeninow

(20,250 posts)
2. As explained here, as I understood it to be, it's not a 'rule', merely a 'policy'
Sat May 25, 2019, 05:20 PM
May 2019

to not be able to indict a sitting president.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
4. Probably not.
Sat May 25, 2019, 05:34 PM
May 2019

The current members are too scared, for one reasoner another of what might happen to them if they go against trump. It seems that trump may have something on most of them that he would use to destroy them if they talked.

I guess their "oath" of office to defend this country isn't as strong as the fear of being outed by trump, and then losing their power!

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
6. Yes, they know if they criticize any powerful Rethug, they will lose....
Sat May 25, 2019, 07:12 PM
May 2019

any and all future campaign funding from the big boys as well as guaranteed cushy post-politics jobs in media, banking, think tanks, etc.

What a racket and all behind a huge GOP curtain of secrecy. One can easily draw parallels to the mafia except instead of shooting the traitors, they just retire them into poverty and shame.

.....

Martin Eden

(12,870 posts)
8. They're afraid of being primaried
Sun May 26, 2019, 11:17 AM
May 2019

What Trump "has" on most R's in Congress is a rabid voting base and plenty of ambitious hard right politicos eager to displace the old guard Republicans.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
7. Anyone who speaks out is brave.
Sat May 25, 2019, 07:30 PM
May 2019

Given Trump's penchant for trying to ruin careers, and even personal lives, of anyone who says anything critical of him.

It's also helpful for other Republicans to hear, even though they may hate what he said.

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