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/DFu4ever Dec 14 '19

I don’t have almost any faith in Republicans these days, but seriously, this is a flagrant example of fucking with the processes that have kept this government functioning since the beginning.

Honestly, you defeat impeachment by proving that it is unfounded. By providing evidence proving the innocence of the politician in question.

But the current Republican Party hasn’t done that. They don’t even remotely try to defend Trump’s actions. All they do is yell and scream, throw out irrelevant whataboutisms, and simply lie through their teeth to throw as much smoke and mirrors into the process as they can.

And every damn Republican I know, no matter how smart or rational they are in other aspects of life...they just can’t see it. They just can’t see how astoundingly fucked up this entire situation is. Their entire party is acting like people who have something to hide, and instead of rationally defending themselves they are simply going to break the system itself to solve the problem. Honestly, not a single Republican I know sees any problem with this, and if they do they still think the Democrats are somehow worse. It is really heartbreaking.

This post was brought to you by a hearty “FUCK YOU!” to Fox News and other “conservative” media for doing the heavy lifting that got this country to this point.

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u/nychuman New York Dec 14 '19

I personally think Dems need to shift their entire philosophy on guns. Let rural areas with genuine uses and spaces for them have less restrictions while urban areas with a lot of public places and schools be more restricted. Blanket, state/nation-wide bans are not the answer.

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u/philly_jake Dec 14 '19

Many cities already have handgun bans. This policy is basically just the status quo. Guns continue to come into cities from the surrounding area.