re: #391 MsJ

If this comes to pass, we are truly and deeply fucked - and are not really America at all.

Consequences. There has got to be consequences. Real, tangible consequences. Jail time and massive fines or confiscations.

If Dems do this, it will forever tarnish them as not having done the right thing.

Just how likely are the GOP to convict Trump or any of his co-conspirators if the DNC refuses to entertain any alternative but impeachment? The days of impeachment being a purely legal matter ended in 1998, it’s now a political one and the GOP have shown time and again they’re prepared to march through Hell itself to keep the DNC from scoring any sort of victory. It’s not as though they’ll pay any less of a price at the polls in 2020 if they vote to convict than they would if they voted to acquit.