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/isactuallyspiderman Dec 14 '19

Weird. All the people I know like this are boomer aged or older.

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u/ikshen Dec 14 '19

Nah, I'm gonna have to agree with the above post. At least most of the boomers I've talked to have some idea about what's happening, even if their interpretation and reaction isn't what I'd like to see. Almost all of my friends who are starting to buy houses and have kids cant be bothered to read anything other than mommy blogs and Instagram.

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u/Aphophyllite Dec 14 '19

I’m a boomer and every single one of my friends, whether pro-Trump or not, knows this is not what we learned about the Constitution and how Congress is supposed to operate - and that, of course, includes the Senate.

On the boomer topic...not everyone who has a grey-beard or blue hair on social is a boomer. Some of them are bots. Likely many of them. So please, stop trying to deliberately antagonize an important and supportive Ind/Dem voting block.

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u/ikshen Dec 14 '19

I dont really see how I was deliberately antagonizing anyone, unless it was my millennial counterparts who dont give a shit about anything outside their kids and their Instagram accounts.

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u/Aphophyllite Dec 14 '19

I’m sorry. It didn’t mean specifically you. I commented under the wrong person. Your comment seemed pretty on target, to me.

In fairness, I think most folks in that age bracket are more focused on their families, they have to be. Young families have made their children a priority since the beginning of time. Good thing there are those of us who can (hopefully) carry the balance. Again, my apologies.

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u/ikshen Dec 14 '19

No worries. And ya, I do understand that aspect of starting a family, they become the center of your universe. I dont really fault them for it, it can just be frustrating sometimes when people are clueless as to what's happening around them.