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In reply to the discussion: YES, Pelosi just said this. [View all]Celerity
(42,669 posts)Impeachment, Senate trial, and removal (the only available remedy to a rogue POTUS) simply cannot work when you have that POTUS's party willing to overlook most all illegal acts in a blind, raw pursuit and maintenance of their power.
The systemic flaws of the Constitution are becoming more and more manifest as the decades roll by. The fact 30% of the population will control 70% of the Senate seats in 15 years or so is yet another ticking Constitutional time bomb, as are the systemic voter suppression by the RW, SCOTUS capture via Senatorial gamesmanship (perhaps to a 7-2 or even 8-1 hard RW degree), brazen political gerrymandering, potential census manipulation, and the 50 plus year rise of the imperial presidency.
The system is broken and will continue to yield an increasing amount of poisoned fruit.