Author Topic: Green to file articles of impeachment against Trump on Tuesday night[updated] (Read 592 times)

mystery-ak · « **on:** July 16, 2019, 09:39:04 pm »

Green to file articles of impeachment against Trump on Tuesday night
By Cristina Marcos - 07/16/19 05:00 PM EDT

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) said that he plans to introduce his articles of impeachment against President Trump on Tuesday night, and will force a House floor vote on them in the coming days.

Green said in a statement that he will read his articles of impeachment "before the close of the business today."
A spokeswoman for Green said that he has informed Democratic leaders of his plans.

The House is scheduled to vote later Tuesday on a resolution to formally condemn Trump for tweets suggesting that four non-white, progressive freshman congresswomenâ€”Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.)â€”"go back" to their countries. Only Omar, a Somali refugee who has since become an American citizen, was born outside the U.S.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/453375-green-to-file-articles-of-impeachment-against-trump-on-tuesday-night

libertybele · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2019, 09:45:34 pm »

The GOP needs to back this President NOW!

Fishrrman · « **Reply #2 on:** July 17, 2019, 01:59:55 am »

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Applewood · « **Reply #3 on:** July 17, 2019, 07:44:55 am »

I'm betting this stunt will go nowhere. I want to know just what grounds for impeachment does Mr. Green have? As far as I know, sending mean tweets is not a valid reason to impeach a president.

Bill Cipher · « **Reply #4 on:** July 17, 2019, 10:24:32 am »

Quote from: libertybele on July 16, 2019, 09:45:34 pm

The GOP needs to back this President NOW!

Against what? A pointless exercise in futility by the democrats that will simply redound to his benefit?

Filing this sort of farcical articles of impeachment against Trump is nothing more or less than the democrats shooting their wad.

The Senate would never convict, so the only end result would be the democrats having made it almost impossible to impeach Trump on anything more substantial.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #5 on:** July 17, 2019, 02:38:52 pm »

House expected to vote Wednesday on Green's impeachment effort
By Cristina Marcos - 07/17/19 10:24 AM EDT

The House is expected to vote Wednesday on Rep. Al Green's (D-Texas) articles of impeachment against President Trump, marking the first floor vote on the issue since Democrats took over the majority.

The vote is expected sometime in the late afternoon or early evening, three aides told The Hill.
"Yesterday there was a vote of condemnation. The president was condemned. Today, we'll have a vote to punish," Green told C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" on Wednesday morning.

"We have to punish the president, and impeachment is the means by which he can be punished," Green continued. "We ought to impeach this president for his bigotry."

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/453472-house-expected-to-vote-wednesday-on-greens-impeachment-effort

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #6 on:** July 17, 2019, 02:40:40 pm »

"We have to punish the president, and impeachment is the means by which he can be punished," Green continued. "We ought to impeach this president for his bigotry."

Guess who they're coming for next.

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2019, 02:43:57 pm »

BTW â€¦ the vote's supposed to start at 4:30 today.

My money's on Pelosi losing a fist full of hair by 5:00 pm.

catfish1957 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 17, 2019, 02:56:57 pm »

Unlike the two previous POTUS (who were impeached, but not convicted) Johnson, and Clinton. I know of no proven crime that DJT has committed. So slinging an off tangent so called racist remark is now an impeachable offense?

Trump couldn't get a better early Christmas present. Sympathy from the political middle of the road will surge.

Hoodat · « **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2019, 02:59:12 pm »

Quote from: catfish1957 on July 17, 2019, 02:56:57 pm

Unlike the two previous POTUS (who were impeached, but not convicted) Johnson, and Clinton. I know of no proven crime that DJT has committed. So slinging an off tangent so called racist remark is now an impeachable offense?

According to the Roe interpretation, incendiary tweets are indeed an impeachable offense. (See: Privacy clause of Article II)

catfish1957 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 17, 2019, 02:59:14 pm »

Quote from: Bill Cipher on July 17, 2019, 10:24:32 am

The Senate would never convict, so the only end result would be the democrats having made it almost impossible to impeach Trump on anything more substantial.

Nailed it. If they want to shoot their wad, they better have something substantial or this will backfire like never before.

dfwgator · « **Reply #11 on:** July 17, 2019, 03:00:01 pm »

catfish1957 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 17, 2019, 03:04:54 pm »

Quote from: Hoodat on July 17, 2019, 02:59:12 pm

According to the Roe interpretation, incendiary tweets are indeed an impeachable offense. (See: Privacy clause of Article II)

Not disputing your statement, but my search engine yields "zero" on what you are talking about here. Please elaborate.

Bigun · « **Reply #13 on:** July 17, 2019, 03:05:12 pm »

I'm hoping that Congressman Green never stops campaigning for the president's re-election.

Hoodat · « **Reply #14 on:** July 17, 2019, 03:17:32 pm »

Quote from: catfish1957 on July 17, 2019, 03:04:54 pm

Not disputing your statement, but my search engine yields "zero" on what you are talking about here. Please elaborate.

It's constitutional because I say so, damnit! Just because it isn't there doesn't mean it isn't there.

Bigun · « **Reply #15 on:** July 17, 2019, 03:19:40 pm »

Quote from: catfish1957 on July 17, 2019, 03:04:54 pm

Not disputing your statement, but my search engine yields "zero" on what you are talking about here. Please elaborate.

It's in the penumbra! Please look there!

Cyber Liberty · « **Reply #16 on:** July 17, 2019, 03:51:49 pm »

Quote from: Bigun on July 17, 2019, 03:19:40 pm

It's in the penumbra! Please look there!

It's tucked in neatly behind an emanation.

240B · « **Reply #17 on:** July 17, 2019, 05:16:42 pm »

Quote from: Hoodat on July 17, 2019, 02:59:12 pm

According to the Roe interpretation, incendiary tweets are indeed an impeachable offense. (See: Privacy clause of Article II)

True.
It is also written by Nostradamus.
Quatrain #5-21
Yea that the bird of communication shall sing boldly
The king of the West shall triumph and proclaim
To those from afar who sojourn in our lands
Consider your own families, before attempting to heal ours
So arose a man the color of forest
Who shall attempted to wound the king
Fails he spectacularly, and with ignominy

libertybele · « **Reply #18 on:** July 17, 2019, 05:29:48 pm »

Quote from: mystery-ak on July 17, 2019, 02:38:52 pm

House expected to vote Wednesday on Green's impeachment effort
By Cristina Marcos - 07/17/19 10:24 AM EDT

The House is expected to vote Wednesday on Rep. Al Green's (D-Texas) articles of impeachment against President Trump, marking the first floor vote on the issue since Democrats took over the majority.

The vote is expected sometime in the late afternoon or early evening, three aides told The Hill.
"Yesterday there was a vote of condemnation. The president was condemned. Today, we'll have a vote to punish," Green told C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" on Wednesday morning.

"We have to punish the president, and impeachment is the means by which he can be punished," Green continued. "We ought to impeach this president for his bigotry."

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/453472-house-expected-to-vote-wednesday-on-greens-impeachment-effort

bigÂ·otÂ·ry
/ËˆbiÉ¡É™trÄ“/

noun: bigotry; plural noun: bigotries

intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself.

Trying to figure out how this could be categorized as a high crime or misdemeanor??

Actually, I would think that this would fall under Trump exercising his freedom of speech!

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #19 on:** July 17, 2019, 05:59:45 pm »

Quote from: libertybele on July 16, 2019, 09:45:34 pm

The GOP needs to back this President NOW!

No thanks. I'd rather have Mike Pence as President.

Alas, the legal case for impeaching Trump is flimsy and weak, so I'm not getting my hopes up.

Snarknado · « **Reply #20 on:** July 17, 2019, 06:39:39 pm »

Quote from: jmyrlefuller on July 17, 2019, 05:59:45 pm

No thanks. I'd rather have Mike Pence as President.

Alas, the legal case for impeaching Trump is flimsy and weak, so I'm not getting my hopes up.

As if that had any bearing on what the House will do. Conviction OTOH is not on the table...