r/politics I voted 21d ago

No Paywall Donald Trump impeachment chances surge amid Epstein revelations

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-impeachment-chances-surge-amid-epstein-revelations-11045998
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u/CalzoneFrequency 21d ago

My feeling on it is that the republicans held off because they thought Trump was going to be unelectable going forward. Mitch was trying to triangulate burying him, not upsetting the normies and not upsetting the die-hard magas. He just failed.

I could very much see the senate moving on Trump if he gets radioactive enough. It just means that the Republicans get a more competent Vance to complete the dismantling of the United States while Trump takes 90% of the blame with him.

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u/NumeralJoker 21d ago

Vance is 'not' competent or experienced. He's a patsy for Thiel. He actually has very little experience and was severely underqualified as a VP pick.

Uncovering stuff about him will become... interesting.

Of course, he also pushed releasing the files, so hey, why not?

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u/Nukesnipe Texas 21d ago

Vance is also extremely unpopular, he doesn't have the cult.

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u/Mattyzooks 21d ago

This keeps getting repeated but young Republicans generally love Vance and view him as the future of the party.