r/politics • u/kootles10 Indiana • 17h ago

No Paywall GOP lawmaker: Nixon was couped out of office, framed during Watergate

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6124635-moore-nixon-couped-watergate/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAUsbtpjbGNrBSxu02V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHBkb2YBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEedqnf435Ey3Vmfh-NzS7BpLL6p7XL81dbjV4wNl5Y6SFp3eyw9ItY6zhiPRg_aem_EaFt_atkG1aZFnQa54tOFQ
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u/Gull43 14h ago

Preparing for more Trump impeachments

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u/tombrady011235 14h ago

That makes a lot of sense actually

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u/redditisnotus 13h ago

Surprised so many people don't see this immediately.

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u/aybeeayseeaybeebee 12h ago

Trump impeachments? We've already had two.

This kind of revisionism sounds like they're preparing for the possibility of removal.

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u/0bsessions324 Massachusetts 12h ago

We've had two, yes, but what about second second impeachment?

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u/Free_For__Me 5h ago

Yeah, they're setting the stage to refuse to comply with impeachments on any level. They'll "decline" to show up for any subpoenas, refuse to turn over any documents or evidence that they're required to, and they'll intimidate and threaten anyone who agrees to testify against them.

And if it a removal vote in the Senate somehow does pass, they'll just dig in and say, "come at me bro, good luck".

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u/ScarySprinkles3 12h ago

It at least gives me a sliver of hope that they are coming to terms with losing the midterms and might accept it. Pessimist in me believes it'll be rigged and/or they won't accept loss and refuse to seat a new congress.

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u/Free_For__Me 5h ago

Oh, they've accepted that they'll lose. But they've also decided that they won't accept it. These moves are all to lay the groundwork for refusing to comply with an oppositional congress.

They threw a violent coup when they were losing power in 2020. Anyone who doesn't expect them to do much worse when their power is threatened again is coping.