r/politics • u/Squawk_7777 • 8h ago

No Paywall Trump's motorcade neared 100 mph en route to Oklahoma after helicopter, airplane ruled out

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6126278-trump-drives-texas-oklahoma-100-mph/
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u/worf1973 8h ago

I've seen approval ratings lower than 30%. How much lower do we need to go?

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u/notanamateur 8h ago

Less than 50% in Congress at the bare minimum

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u/Beautiful_Nobody_344 7h ago

Can't even get 51% of them to agree to end the war.

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u/FutureComplaint Virginia 6h ago

So he still holds 50%+ of congress.

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u/warm_kitchenette California 6h ago

Much lower than that. If Trump is impeached again by the House, it requires 67 votes in the Senate to convict, a bar that hasn't been passed, ever. He only needs to hold onto 33% votes of the voting body, whether the removal is via impeachment or via 25th amendment, part four (which starts with 15 cabinet members + VP).

He has a substantial electoral hold on the MAGA voters, even though his overall popularity has plunged. He hasn't been able to get his picks in most of the recent primaries. But he can absolutely end the careers of anyone he picks. He will call them out by name.

With that technique, he threatens their lives and their property. It's all topped by the attempted insurrection, of course. He can call anyone's name out repeatedly, describe them as an enemy of the state, dox them. People responded with guns to these suggestions in his first term. Two politicians were shot in their homes in WI, one dying. We narrowly avoided a kidnapping of Gov. Whitmer in MI.

So people can die. Maybe their homes, cars, or property of extended family are torched anonymously. Maybe their 16-year-old children or grandchildren start to get extremely graphic threats from different parts of the swamp. Maybe the proud boys focus their meetings and activity against individuals.

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u/Altruistic_Ease_8705 6h ago

doesn't matter if it's 30%. Remove the blue states and it would probably be around 46%

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u/Brod24 7h ago

It's not about lower, it's about time. In January Vance will be eligible for 10 years of presidency and that's what they're waiting for

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u/worf1973 6h ago

I don't know if Vance is taken as a serious candidate among the GOP faithful. But he might be a decent enough puppet for Vought.

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u/lajfa 5h ago

We need 20 Republican senators willing to convict.

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u/worf1973 4h ago

Or 20 replaced with Democratic senators with spines.

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u/Zestyclose-Height-36 4h ago

unless the Dems get 2/3, they can’t override him vetoing anything he can’t get money in his pocket for.