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Targetpractice1/29/2017 10:24:23 am PST

re: #393 KGxvi

If Trump is removed, Pence becomes president. My guess is that Ryan and McConnell would prefer to work with him. He’s more predictable and better fits the mold of “traditional Republican politician.”

The issue they are more likely to consider is whether pissing off Trump’s base will cost them in 2018 and 2020. But at some point, the greater good must outweigh your own political fortunes, right?

We have to remember that impeachment requires a criminal act. As of this very moment, we’ve got a suspicion but no concrete evidence that the White House (read: Bannon) has ordered CBP to defy a federal court order. Until we have that, then they could conceivably offer the defense in court that this was a decision made further down the chain of command and whoever made it was doing so of his own volition.