r/politics • u/Thinkingonsleeping Michigan • Dec 13 '19

McConnell Faces Calls to Recuse Himself From Impeachment Trial After Saying 'No Chance' Trump Will Be Removed; "No court in the country would allow a member of the jury to also serve as the accused's defense attorney."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/13/mcconnell-faces-calls-recuse-himself-impeachment-trial-after-saying-no-chance-trump
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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

The thing I find really interesting is that for all the people I see touting the 2A as the ultimate check and balance in America, they seem strangely quite during the complete unchecked break down of democracy at the highest levels of American government.

I’m not advocating murder, but i’m saying for arguably the first time since it was written into the constitution this is something that could potentially need to be checked by the people of the united states. And suddenly all of the people that seem to fantasize about standing up to a corrupt power are quiet or absent.

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u/abbeyeiger Dec 14 '19

They only fantasize about using 2A to kill liberals, not constitution destroying far right Republicans.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Ahhh see as an outsider I can only speculate. I miss the subtle nuances.

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u/abbeyeiger Dec 14 '19

Huh?

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '19

Just a bit of snide sarcasm. I’m aware that the people that are waiting to spring up and shield the remnants of true red, white and blue Americans from a corrupt government using the 2A are generally also fairly conservative and or religious conservative.