Unable to rise to the occasion
If Corker thinks all this, is he talking impeachment? If not, why not?
If they all think this, or if most of them think this, are they talking impeachment? If not, why not?
Sen. Bob Corker said a lot of things about President Trumpon Tuesday morning. The Tennessee Republican warned that Trump’s itchy Twitter finger could set off another world war. He suggested Trump is a liar. He said Trump’s legacy will be “debasing” America. He said Trump is not a role model for children. He declined to say whether Trump should be trusted with the nuclear codes. He said Trump’s conduct is “very sad for our nation.” He said Trump has “proven himself unable to rise to the occasion.”
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Later on — and perhaps most damningly — he said there were “multiple occasions where [White House] staff has asked me to please intervene; he was getting ready to do something that was really off the tracks.”
This was always obvious. It’s a great pity Republicans didn’t do everything they could to prevent his election a year ago.
The senator is describing Trump as an imminent threat to American government and American lives. He’s suggesting Trump is damaging American society. He says Trump isn’t only failing, but that he’s “unable to rise to the occasion.” He suggests Trump was ready to do crazy things before Corker intervened and put a stop to it. He’s basically arguing that Trump is derelict in his duties as president, or unfit for the office.
So is he going to act on it? Probably not.
This thing isn’t working.
Maybe the Republicans in the House and Senate are quietly talking about who just doesn’t care to continue there and so needn’t fear their primary voters and donors anymore. Get enough of them on board – hey, maybe they can get promised cushy think tank jobs in return – along with all the Democrats, and Trump can be impeached while the remaining Republicans can carry along as normal while retaining the approval of the frothing mobs who make their careers possible.
It’s got to be a slow, delicate process, what with the secrecy under which it has to be conducted and the separation from the power-trough it forces on some sacrificial pigs.
Because their desire to punish the poor, women, non-whites, gays, liberals, secularists etc. trumps any vague misgivings they might have about the end of civilization.