"very likely Trump could be the first president in history to be removed from office."

[Zolorp]

Take it with one helluva dose of salt, but...

Link to tweet

[muntrv]

1. I'll believe it when I see it.

[Perseus]

49. Me too...My thoughts exactly.

[Vogon_Glory]

64. I am also skeptical

I could imagine the Republican senators from half a century ago voting to remove Orange Julius from office, either out of principle (A few of them) or to cut their losses (More likely). But today’s Republican Party is a very different critter from what it was then. I doubt today’s Republican senators have either the gumption or the principal, even the ones in safely-red states not facing voters until 2024.

[Pacifist Patriot]

68. My exact thoughts, verbatim.

[ThoughtCriminal]

78. I still would put my money on ZERO GOP votes to remove

Even with every witness and no matter what the testimony. Every single one of them - including Romney and Collins will find excuses. And they don't care how lame the excuses are because they are terrified of the Trump base.

Being a coward is not just a requirement for a Republican to hold public office, it's a feature.

[NewJeffCT]

2. who is Politics Video Channel?

are they legit?

[Zolorp]

5. It ended up in my Twitter feed three times from retweets

So it's going around,don't know how legit. Hence take it with a helluva dose of salt.

[bucolic_frolic]

26. Sen. Angus King made the statement Saturday

that phone calls to his office were running 95% against Trump. You think it's a lot different in GOP Senator offices? They had NO IDEA they couldn't control the spin. Information now moves too fast for them to countenance. So I think they're reading polls.

This "Trial" now turns on Bolton and whatever can corroborate Bolton. Even if it's all the lies to cover it all up. We are two chess moves from "Checkmate!" But do those moves exist?

[jberryhill]

28. They are nobody

Some accounts on DU seem to regularly post stuff from basically anonymous Twitter accounts. It could be some hermit with a lot of cats living in a shack somewhere. Perfectly fine "news source" for some.

[barbtries]

3. if justice still exists in this country,

he will be. my hopes are not high.

[aggiesal]

67. Or they start talking to Pence about taking over ...

and make a deal that he will sign whatever they put in front of him.

They still want control, but may have to do this with another source.

[EarlG]

4. "GOP sources" are telling "PoliticsVideoChannel?"

I feel like this might not be very reliable...

[Goodheart]

6. Why would the Bolton manuscript change anything?

trump's guilt was ALREADY obvious.

[monmouth4]

8. I think it establishes intent. n//t

[Zolorp]

11. The optics definitely change with several GOP Senators

Not calling witnesses now will look like a blatant cover up by the GOP Senate.

[dewsgirl]

13. He could mow down a field of people and they would

still support him. I'm not buying this.

[Cosmocat]

42. The best this does is

maybe get a couple of the senators to move from "this is a waste of time" to "what he did was questionable, but does not come close to the threshold to be convicted and removed."

[stopdiggin]

54. dead on. there are not now, nor never has been

the votes to remove. people need to accept that the GOP is not going to allow this to happen. a Collins here and a Romney there .. doesn't make any difference. period.

[not_the_one]

72. It is a well calculated strategy to allow them to APPEAR to HEAR witnesses

(who they will promptly ignore) so they won't seem so obvious when they actually say, in effect, "so fucking what, there is not a damn thing that he could do that would make us impeach him. Nada. Zilch. NOTHING. We are "bought and paid for" whores of Vladimer Putin."

Then they can add to it, "We've already got the votes all lined up."

The pisser is that they will be talking about the rigging of the NOVEMBER EC vote, not the vote to NOT impeach. THAT vote is a given. For November we can take the "One person, One vote" farce and shove it up our collective asses.

It just takes 4 repub votes to hear the witnesses, but 67 total to remove. They will allow 66, maximum. Selected senators in swing districts who need to "appear" fair. They have received their marching orders.

Remember, the turd has now publicly stated that he could even lose the popular vote by 5,000,000, and still win the EC vote....

Unfortunately the American Public is now so ignorant or hate filled (FAUX news watchers), or jaded (bothsiderism), to rouse themselves up from their couches of 24/7 enter/infotainment, and actually DO SOMETHING about it.

We may have the votes, but they have the hackers, who very carefully made sure that although Hillary received almost 3,000,000 MORE votes than pootie's sock puppet, he managed to squeeze just enough votes in the perfectly selected three states, to get the 70,000 that gave him the EC. Yes, I adamantly believe they COULD AND DID just that. Putin didn't hack voter databases, or election systems, without purpose. To say he did, or that it wasn't possible, is nothing but "ostrich with head in sand" thinking.

I'm back to my pessimistic side of the pendulum swing...

[AllyCat]

86. Right. Except Collins and Romney will vote to acquit.

Not ONE con will try to make this anything other than a rubber stamp of the Putin regime.

[uponit7771]

83. +1, Red Don is their answer to the threat of non-whites in America. Fire fighters have immunity

... over the burning house when they're saving people.

[karynnj]

17. What if Bolton is now working to get the GOP to accept a Pence presidency?

For many, Pence might have been someone they would have wanted, but thought unelectable.

[lapfog_1]

56. Bolton is the first with DIRECT knowledge

that TRUMP ordered the hold and his stated reason (investigate Biden and the Ukraine/Hillary server BS)

a first hand fact witness to the bribery.

[Goodheart]

58. And?

You think that matters to how Republicans will conduct themselves?

[lapfog_1]

63. nope... but he is harder to dismiss than the

career diplomats (they are all deep state according to Trumpublicans ) and various assistant to the undersecretary for foreign affairs that no one has ever heard of.

Now, I don't need his testimony... I think Bolton is a stupid pile of shit. I am just saying that he is harder for the typical wingnut (who cheered when he was named NSA) to dismiss.

[stopdiggin]

87. that is only true

if you buy into the argument of the "server" or "Ukrainian interference" .. or any of the other transparently false narratives put forward for Trump's actions. But most people .. including the witnesses that have already come forward .. had absolutely no trouble in connecting the dots, to the motivation that was clearly revealed.

So .. if you didn't believe Mulvaney, or Sondland, or Vindman, or Taylor .. in what was so clearly evident to them ...
Unless Bolton has a tape of the president targeting Biden by name .. in connection to his 2020 run ...

[hlthe2b]

7. I think it likely BS, but I must say for months I've wondered...

if the few more "intelligent" (relative I know) among Senate leadership, along with Pence and perhaps a few others might conspire with those who could hurt Trump (e.g., Bolton, others) to time some well-timed leak of evidence behind the scenes.


While it is an interesting fantasy, I honestly don't think I could credit any of this crop of R's with being smart enough to pull it off (maybe Bolton, who I dislike intensely, but can't deny his Machiavellian traits and vengeance tendencies).

[Mike 03]

9. Doubtful

But it's always interesting to ponder the possibilities.

Who knows? Maybe they've privately decided they've had enough, but to keep it a surprise so as not to engender Trump's preemptive rage.

Just do it and be done with it!

[Zolorp]

12. I know even hard core Republicans are pissed the WH had the manuscript on 1/3.

They never said a word to any GOP Senator about this.

[calimary]

10. Nice thought anyway.

Frankly, I don’t know why more of ‘em are resisting this - if they toss trump, they get Mike Pence - who’s a whole lot more rigid as an ideologue in favor of their own Christofascist beliefs. Pence passes their most closely-held oppressive litmus test.

[jberryhill]

14. Let's all post crap from unvetted Twitter accounts run by unknown people!

Yay!

[cwydro]

75. Yep.

DU seems to be in a spiral of this nonsense.

[jberryhill]

76. Almost as if it were by design

[Codeine]

80. RandoUnderground.com nt

[catbyte]

15. It'll never happen. They're too complicit & I'm sure that Putin has dirt on most if not all of them.

Does anybody really think he had his henchmen hack only the DNC & Clinton campaign?

[Quixote1818]

16. This "channel" sounds like one person. Not sure how they got the big scoop

before all the big boys. Googling them I found nothing. I will take this with a grain of salt.

[sanatanadharma]

18. Trump wants to be the first and best in everything.

Let him be the first and only President to be removed by the Senate and Constitution.

The best sign the USA can give to the world and to Putin would be the removal of Trump, thus proving the resiliency of our Constitutional Democracy.

[OMGWTF]

25. BINGO!

[bluestarone]

19. AGREE that it will get him REMOVED BUT

NOT until ELECTION 2020!!!!

[Cirque du So-What]

20. If his removal does come to pass

it will come as orders from individuals we may not even know - power brokers who shun the spotlight but who see that tRump is killing the goose that lays their golden eggs. McTurtle and even pootie-poot wouldn't be able to help then.

[Stinky The Clown]

21. GRU

[somaticexperiencing]

22. From your mouth to God's ears.

[bucolic_frolic]

23. Look at it this way & realize it's a come to Jesus moment

What's public at this point in time is all we know. Trump is very vulnerable to any additional information that comes out. Trump has power, but look at his friends if you can call them that. If someone or something holds, forgive me, a trump card on Trump, the time to show their hand is imminent. Real power is played when the hand meets the moment.

And GOP Senators know it's 9 months to Election Day. "You mean we can make this go away?"

[DeminPennswoods]

24. If there are witnesses and new evidence and the trial goes on

longer than the intended time, there's going to come a tipping point where Rs decide Trump is more trouble than he's worth and they can live just fine with a president Pence. Maybe that tipping point is closer than we might think or realize.

[OMGWTF]

27. Pence, Barr, the WHOLE CABAL has to go!

[progressoid]

59. They would love to have a president Pence.

He's an right wing ideologue without all of trump's craziness. Plus they can push him around.

[Codeine]

81. Nonsense. nt

[lostnfound]

29. Bull pucky

[CloudWatcher]

30. Much more likely ...

It's much more likely that he'll be the first president to be impeached more than once.

[stillcool]

31. looks nice on the page...

[world wide wally]

32. An honor so richly deserved

[Thomas Hurt]

33. would be nice...but no.

They underestimate the moral cowardice of the modern American conservative politician.

[mnhtnbb]

34. He deserves it. Just think what a record! He WINS at impeachment!

Be best! And all that $hit!

[George II]

35. This is almost the equivalent of the "smoking gun" tape in 1974.

[sdfernando]

36. 67 votes is a high bar to reach

there would need to be 20 reThulicans along with all Democrats, or at least 2/3 (of those present) to make that happen. The only way I can see it is if a slew of those reThugs had some kind of extreme excuse to not show up when the vote is called.

[stopdiggin]

60. yep. we need to be reminded

2/3rds. that's nearly 40% of the Republican senators. and that's a fantasy.

[Mr.Bill]

37. There is a rather painless way for the republicans to do this.

Trump has a medical problem (given his physique, diet and age, this is easy to believe) and resigns.

[Botany]

38. Twitter Porn .... still a fantasy but what the heck.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Thybbuk/Wakka_Chikka_Wakka_Chikka_Volume_1/csr049_wcwc_13-thybbuk_silk-and-sweat

[Different Drummer]

39. As you said, "...one helluva dose of salt..."

DD

[AlexSFCA]

40. It's ironic if Bolton is the one who help removed trump

one of the least likely persons to do so. Never thought if him as rational and sane. However, I do think he has been anti russia for his entire career so this could be his prime motivation for trump removal.

[AlexSFCA]

41. He can still be reelected after removal??

[DeminPennswoods]

88. No, he'll be barred from ever holding federal office again

Not sure about state/local office, though.

[Gothmog]

43. There is some hope of this

[VMA131Marine]

44. If GOP senators start to feel the tide of public opinion turning against them and Trump

and Trump has been underwater for a while, they have to start thinking about their own survival. Senators don't get to gerrymander their districts like House reps do. Plus they don't have any idea what else they would be covering up for that might come out. If they dump Trump now, they have a chance of nominating a new POTUS Candidate who can win in November.

The other option is to follow Trump like lemmings off a cliff.

I think that is what it will come down to

[awesomerwb1]

45. Well if PoliticsVideoChannel said it

it has to be true.

Will wait until Politics-R-Us-TV confirms it before I get on this horse though.

[Deb]

46. How fast can we get a class action lawsuit against the GOP if they don't remove?

Seriously

[Tiggeroshii]

47. We'll believe it when we see it

And even then itll take 5 weeks to process.

[edhopper]

48. WILL...NEVER...HAPPEN

No way 10 GOP Senators vote to remove.
I am still doubtful about witnesses being voted for.

[C Moon]

51. We won't even get one sleazy GOP senator to vote to remove that criminal from our WH.

[edhopper]

52. I agree

[Wounded Bear]

50. Very likely this is click bait bullshit, too...nt

[Zolorp]

53. I can't disagree, but hope does spring eternal

It's certainly one "first" Trump deserves.

[jayschool2013]

62. Yes

Their Facebook page has one recommendation — it's from a Russian programmer, and it was posted in 2017. It's twitter account has a simple green circle with a pixelated "P" on it. I see no journalists other than an occasional hyper-partisan blogger following them. They're trying to sew chaos.

[Codeine]

82. Disagree.

It’s ABSOLUTELY clickbait bullshit.

[JDC]

55. Puh-lease. They won't vote to remove him.

They would corner him and use him first to their advantage. The days of the GOP doing the right thing ended long ago.

Whatever is politically expedient for them. That is what they will do. No more, no less.

[unblock]

57. *if* he's pushed out, there's still little reason to think he won't resign as nixon did

*if* (still a very big if) the whip count is that at least 20 republicans plus all democrats (including manchin, e.g.) would decide to remove, then there's every reason in the world to think mcturtle and other republicans would convince donnie to resign instead.

actually removing donnie would be far more damaging to the republican party than him resigning and claiming victory.

[Buckeyeblue]

61. It's because Bolton is one of them

Everyone else they could try to explain away. But Bolton is different. In some ways he may give them cover. And really it's still early enough to get a viable nominee for president. Trump's base will throw a Fit but not that big of one.

[Javaman]

65. blocks of salt. nt

[NNadir]

66. One would like to believe that there are patriotic Republicans left...

...but one would also like to believe that a guy in a red suit comes down through the chimney at Christmas to give toys to good boys and girls.

[BadGimp]

69. NO/Zero chance imo

In the end...
v

[jdl123]

70. trump

I'll believe that when I see it. Does he deserve to be kicked out of office, in my opinion, yes.

[duforsure]

71. They've discovered a lot more stuff?

Or are they dumping him before they've been exposed too?

[Warpy]

73. He would be if his party didn't care more about their cult

and ensuring their own places on the gravy train.

There are 53 of them in the Senate. I sincerely doubt there are 20 patriots among them.

[cwydro]

74. Yeah, no.

Not happening.

[Jose Garcia]

77. "Very likey...could"

Doesn't sound very sure to me if they are using that wording.

[Codeine]

79. Nonsense.

Wasted bandwidth.

[live love laugh]

84. Heart be still 🤞🤞❤️❤️❤️❤️

[abakan]

85. I fear this is just wishful thinking

It does not matter what comes out, this sorry excuse for senators, will let the country go to hell before they will remove him.

[Liberal In Texas]

89. We can only hope. As these things go, when the wheels come off it'll be sudden and immediate.

Red hat MAGAs heads will spin.

[Bradical79]

90. Let's not post random Tweets from unknown accounts

If you don't know it's real, don't post it.

This is exactly how fake news spreads, and the exact behaviour Russia took advantage of in 2016.

[hughee99]

91. Did the phrase "very likely" change meaning recently?

If not, the person who said this is either lying or an idiot.

[Captain Stern]

92. I guess that's technically correct.

Right now, trump is actually the only President that could be the first in history to be removed.

Unfortunately, it's more likely that he becomes the first president in history to be acquitted.

There's not a single gop Senate member that will vote to remove trump, no matter what the evidence is.

They literally could have video tape of trump committing every single thing that he's accused of, and they still wouldn't vote to remove him.

[jimlup]

93. Wish it were true

but I've learned not to expect anything from the GOP