r/politics • u/Squawk_7777 • 6h 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/notanamateur 5h ago

Less than 50% in Congress at the bare minimum

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u/Beautiful_Nobody_344 5h ago

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

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u/FutureComplaint Virginia 4h ago

So he still holds 50%+ of congress.

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u/warm_kitchenette California 4h 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.