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President Trump has been acquitted by the Republican-run Senate, ending the impeachment process that started in September. As a result, he retains his position and is viable for reelection in November.
Minutes after the mostly predictable vote ended, the President tweeted a video in which he runs for, and wins, reelection, not just in 2024, but every election year after that. Some Republicans who voted to acquit did so because they believe Trump had "learned" something from being the third ever impeached president. But, after this tweet (and the firing of everyone who testified against him), Americans have to question if this was simply an excuse to not give an inch to Democrats and keep their man in the running for 2020. The issue here is that the President now has evidence he can do, and get away with, anything he wants. Republicans will always defend him, purely for political reasons. They voted against witnesses in the face of crucial new information from National Security Advisor Bolton. And they voted to acquit with only one breaking of ranks on one article (Mitt Romney, R-UT).
While Democrats may have proved their point through this whole process, they may regret doing so as the election comes. Many Trump supporters feel Democrats in Congress are trying to undemocratically overturn their vote in 2016. This will motivate them to, this election, vote in droves, defending their decision four years ago.
In this situation, sympathetic Republican voters will exercise their First Amendment right to speech, press, and assembly (civil liberties) to express their opinions on acquittal and 2020, get people to the voting booths, and push their candidate.
1. Should the President have been acquitted?
2. Did he learn his lesson?
3. How can Democrats address the possible political ramifications of the impeachment process?
President Trump has been acquitted by the Republican-run Senate, ending the impeachment process that started in September. As a result, he retains his position and is viable for reelection in November.
Minutes after the mostly predictable vote ended, the President tweeted a video in which he runs for, and wins, reelection, not just in 2024, but every election year after that. Some Republicans who voted to acquit did so because they believe Trump had "learned" something from being the third ever impeached president. But, after this tweet (and the firing of everyone who testified against him), Americans have to question if this was simply an excuse to not give an inch to Democrats and keep their man in the running for 2020. The issue here is that the President now has evidence he can do, and get away with, anything he wants. Republicans will always defend him, purely for political reasons. They voted against witnesses in the face of crucial new information from National Security Advisor Bolton. And they voted to acquit with only one breaking of ranks on one article (Mitt Romney, R-UT).
While Democrats may have proved their point through this whole process, they may regret doing so as the election comes. Many Trump supporters feel Democrats in Congress are trying to undemocratically overturn their vote in 2016. This will motivate them to, this election, vote in droves, defending their decision four years ago.
In this situation, sympathetic Republican voters will exercise their First Amendment right to speech, press, and assembly (civil liberties) to express their opinions on acquittal and 2020, get people to the voting booths, and push their candidate.
1. Should the President have been acquitted?
2. Did he learn his lesson?
3. How can Democrats address the possible political ramifications of the impeachment process?
5 comments:
I personally feel as though the President shouldn't have been acquitted. I think he represents the part of the population who are rich, white, and male. I don't think he or his supporters have shown support of minorities in any way, which I'm pretty sure make up the majority of American people. I also think that he has been showing more tyrannical power, even if in "little ways," which was spotlighted when he posted that video (because a president may only serve 2 terms) and for firing everyone who testified against him (purely for almost personal reasons; they were simply stating facts/opinions, which they have the right to...).
I don't think Trump learned his lesson, and I can see him continuing to do things he doesn't have jurisdiction of. I think this might have been a confidence boost even; I think he feels more powerful than ever.
I honestly don't know what the democrats can do regarding this. I think that they should continue to work on the problems they are working to fix, and try to show that they are stronger than just one president, and can make positive changes despite this defeat.
I think we were all kind of expecting this. With so much political polarization today, Trump’s acquittal was inevitable. The Senate voted largely along party lines (except for Romney who voted to convict Trump on abuse of power) and probably not based on what was truly just. There was substantial evidence leveled against President Trump and I think in another, far less polarized world, he may have actually been impeached. At the end of the day, I don’t think Trump will have “learned his lesson”; after all, he “won” and he doesn’t have a history of being especially remorseful for his actions. Regardless of Trump’s acquittal, I think that these impeachment proceedings and the doubts it has raised over Trump will have an impact on the election. It also speaks volumes that at least one Republican senator was willing to go against Trump in such a politically charged, tense situation, and is something that I think the Democrats will use as a talking point against Trump.
Yeah the outcome was quite predictable. It was surprising to see how many anti-Trump people celebrated his impeachment, not realizing what it really meant. With a republican majority in the Senate, it was pretty clear he wouldn't be removed from office and be acquitted. As you said, it shows that he can do and get away with pretty much anything he wants, even if it's enlisting other countries to interfere with elections and then blatantly lie about it. I'm not sure what the "lesson" for Trump would even be, but I know that he did learn how much power he and his party really have. I don't think he'll be elected again in 2020, but then again nobody expected him to win in 2016 either... Regardless, the acquittal has some dangerous implications about our political system today. From childish flaunting on Twitter to dangerous political maneuvers, it seems Trump was unfazed and has his eyes set on winning this year.
Okay so, of course, the president did not learn his lesson since I think I read that right after the Senate announced that he was getting acquitted, he dove into the Hunter Biden investigation. I also thought it was interesting that there were no witness testimonies during the trial. This all was expected but I do commend Mitt Romney for his courage. In regards to the 2020 election, I am not a fan of Trump and would like a democrat to take the position; however, I do have a feeling that he is going to win either way, but it was nice to see Bernie win NH though.
Yeah, I think we were all sort of expecting this. Like Olivia said, this result can largely in part be chalked up to current political polarization, and it was certainly a longshot to assume that a Republican majority Senate would stray for from voting along their party lines. Should he have been acquitted? Yeah, that's gonna be a no from me, man. He put his own self interests ahead of foreign relations with an allied country, and call me crazy, but I don't think that's a minor offense for the President of the United States to make. Did he learn his lesson? Yeah, no, I don't think that's happened since the third grade. The man's temperament is nothing if not set in its ways, and unfortunately I have a feeling he sees his acquittal as just further proving his perceived invincibility. He counts all of his wins and disregards his losses, and thus all that's left is nothing but an ego in a poorly fitted man costume. Hey, at least Romney came out the other side, so the Democrats probably will continue to parade that, but still, I don't think there's much that can be done to phase President Trump beyond just beating him in 2020.
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