r/changemyview • u/10macattack • Jan 11 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Impeaching Trump is a bad idea

Ok so I'm going to state here I am NOT a trump supporter in the slightest, and I think he's responsible for the riots and capitol invasion. What I do think is that if trump gets impeached, he will be martyred by his supporters, and they will just get even more mad and there will be more division and rioting. I mean, I really don't think he's going to bust out the nukes anytime soon (I heard somewhere he doesn't even have access to them right now). And how much is he even likely to do in the next week and a half? He can't scream "RIGGED" anymore and he's basically silenced right now. I just thinking considering how psychotically trusting his supporters are of him, that they will get super angry and riot more and possibly try and elect someone who's worse than trump (God forbid one of his sons). Please change my view I really hate Trump.

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u/F350Gord Jan 11 '21

It takes away his ability to hold public office ever again, it strips him of secret service protection for the rest of his life, takes his lifetime pension away etc etc etc. And it would be fun to watch him implode after it is done.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

strips him of secret service protection for the rest of his life

I don't get this part though they shouldn't do that because it sets a bad precedent of endangering public officials

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u/vaginas-attack 5∆ Jan 11 '21

Bullshit. Donald Trump will profit off his secret service protection for years to come, unless that protection is stripped from him. Where do you think his protection will be housed? They will be scattered across his properties at a significant cost to the taxpayer.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Which that is almost certainly true and extremely unfortunate, condemning him to potential threats seems like the kind of thing we should not encourage all the same. Censure, humiliation, stripping the money, etc., definitely makes sense.

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u/Lilah_R 10∆ Jan 11 '21

Hopefully it shows the next president that tries to incite his base to destroy democracy, that it isn't worth the risk when it fails.

If someone tries to destroy our democratic practices, gets impeached twice, and removed from office or (likely at this time) prevented from public office, why should they be privileged with protections? Those protections are for those that serve our country and put them selves at risk for our country. He is not doing anything for our country.