Amy McGrath is Running Against Senator Mitch McConnell
Retired Marine and Democrat Amy McGrath announced she’s officially running for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky, going up against controversial Republican leader Mitch McConnell. His current term expires in 2020. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) announced Thursday that it is endorsing Kentucky Democrat Amy McGrath in the race against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. @AmyMcGrathKY https://ditchmitchfund.com/
FACT The Constitution doesn’t indicate that removal from office requires two-thirds of the Senate.
It ONLY requires two-thirds of the Senators that are Present for the trial.
The inclusion of this single word in the Constitution’s impeachment clausesshifts the mathematical ledger of how impeachment, however unlikely, could go down.
It allows for the all-important 2/3rds threshold to exist along a sliding scale — far from the full attendance of the 100-member Senate.
SENATORS WHO WANT TO REMOVE TRUMP CAN JUST GO TO CHURCH THAT DAY AND PRAY FOR AMERICA INSTEAD.
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In theory, a vote to convict the President (or anyone else) would count as legal with as few as 34 members.
“The Constitution contains quorum requirements [elsewhere] and clearly distinguishes between percentages of a particular chamber and percentages of ‘members present,’” said Laurence Tribe, a professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School and the co-author of the book To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment. “That language in the provision for Senate conviction on impeachment charges is quite deliberate, creating precisely the possibility” described above.
TRUE: Trump’s impeachment doesn’t require 20 Republicans, says Laurence Tribe. It could happen with zero.
THE SENATE SECRET BALLET VOTE LOOPHOLE CAN REMOVE TRUMP
It would only take 3 Republican senators to force a secret ballot on impeachment trial. That way they don’t have to face backlash from constituents or the media or the president himself.
Republican Senator Jeff Flake has stated that if the senate vote to remove Trump based on this week’s findings were done by secret ballot, at least 35 of the 52 republican senators would vote to remove Trump.
Trump said:
“I don’t know how you can impeach someone who’s done a great job. I tell you what, if I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash, I think everybody would be very poor. Because without this [points at his head, referring to his brain and his thinking], you would see numbers that you wouldn’t believe in reverse.”
NOT TRUE — A two-thirds majority of the Senate would be required to remove the president.
STUPID JOURNALISTS popularized by Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, and Chris Hayes; presidential candidates and members of Congress; USA Today and Reuters, CNBC and Vox’s Matthew Yglesias. This is especially true among the President’s champions, who cheerfully assure the GOP faithful that Trump’s fortunes are sealed by math.
NOT TRUE A two-thirds majority of the Senate would be required to remove the president.
NOT TRUE A two-thirds majority of the Senate would be required to remove the president.
NOT TRUE A two-thirds majority of the Senate would be required to remove the president.
NOT TRUE A two-thirds majority of the Senate would be required to remove the president.
NOT TRUE A two-thirds majority of the Senate would be required to remove the president.
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