Betcha he'd gladly back any trump bill though...
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You know I was thinking it was a possibility, but thank fucking God Chuck Grassley said it was against the law. Up until right now I was on the fence.
You going to do anything about there Chuckie? No? That's what I fucking thought.
YOURE THE CHECKS IN CHECKS AND BALANCE
so fucking do something
Leopard eating face noise ensues
With full control of the executive, Congressional, and supreme Court, all of this stuff could be done legally. Trump is CHOOSING not to for the sole purpose of extending the power of the executive as has been described by many (Unitary Executive Theory). These senators and representatives would be smart not to cede any power, they will not get it back.
These senators and representatives would be smart not to cede any power, they will not get it back.
Yeah, that emphasized part is important and is unlikely. Why? Because they hope it will mean they never loose power. They are not thinking of ever loosing any power.
Ummm it’s your job to keep him in line. Fucking do it
no shit son
You need enough Republicans speaking up that they can impeach Trump. Dems are being quiet to let Republicans lead on this, they are the only ones who could possibly do it. Democrats leading will only make Republicans defend him.
I don't mean to be rude, but are you from Candyland? You need 20 Republicans in the Senate to convict him and remove him from office. He tried to kill them and they still didn't convict him.
It won't happen.
Republicans speaking up that they can impeach Trump.
Yea you've got a good point actually. I would say the GOP are got damn toddlers, but that would be an insult to toddlers everywhere and you don't want to end up on the toddler cartel shit list.
That's why personally I am not sitting here being outraged and Facebooking the outrage. It ain't gonna do anything.
I mean, I'm sitting here outraged, but I'm not plastering it on Facebook.
Trump? Doing illegal things??? Shocked! I am shocked! Yes, that's the word. No other word describes my feelings on this! Shocked I say!!!
........not that shocked actually.
If only there was some sort of indication he doesn't follow the law, like previous impeachments, actual court convictions and decades of being a real estate developer.
If only there were. For now, we’ll just have to let Donald “I’m a convicted felon” Trump do whatever he wants.
This is in reference to Trump in 2017. Grassley's old ass brain is just now getting there.
Who could have known that a 34-time convicted felon would have so little regard for the law?
Doesn't matter. Official acts. Even apart from that, who's going to investigate or prosecute? DoJ?
In theory an illegal act would have Congress impeach him, and the Senate hold a trial to find him guilty or innocent, if found guilty he is removed. In theory if he refuses to step down the U.S. military would remove him under their oath of office as well. For which since he was removed by the Senate he would be guilty of unknown (likely treason)
The truth is that the Senate will not vote to find him guilty. But yeah, what also is interesting there is while treason is charged in a civilian court, an acting commander in chief is a member of the military, and thus could likely be held for treason charges as acting military as well. Both treason charges have a maximum sentence of death. Minimum sentence is likely dishonorable discharge minimum 5 years prison. (For a 78 year old man with court times, pretty much life in Prison). Being that he is a high profile case and it is military based, one would hope they would use the money his administration put towards Guantanamo to hold him their without bail until conviction.). That is but a dream of justice though.
an acting commander in chief is a member of the military, and thus could likely be held for treason charges as acting military as well.
No he's not. The president is C-in-C of the military but he is explicitly still a civilian. The founding fathers wanted to ensure the military was always under the command of a civilian government.
Someone who hates their job…cause they’ll end up being fired as soon as Trump finds out the investigation
Nobody at DoJ is going to investigate a sitting president without full approval from AG.
I agree with this statement, but even if an attorney general did approve the investigation what would happen if they found out Trump really did break the wall? They can’t teach him with the Republicans control in the house and the Senate wouldn’t convict even if the house did impeach.
Gotta find some way to pray that guy at the office without relying on the Senate or the Congress. 
This guy is fourth in the line of succession for the presidency. Just something to keep in mind.
91 years old
Ah, I see you're a fan of the famed triple luigi manuver.
We do not want him in the office either
Maybe we can go for four?
IDK, I wouldn't mind having Luigi in the Oval Office instead.
As long as Toad is in his cabinet.
Would rather have toad than chuck
Thank baby Jesus I was already on my fainting couch when I read this!
You have a couch that can faint??? Don't tell Vance!
Either vote against his bullshit or you're supporting his law breaking.
Does no one remember the fucking SCOTUS decision about immunity?
wutcha gonna do when they come for you, chuck? roll over? bend over? or hang the fucking traitors running roughshod over everything this nation has stood for its entire existence?
Just like when he was impeached twice the first term. Amazingly chuck was okay with him breaking the law then
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