• @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    206 months ago

    Is anyone even paying attention to these impeachments?

    I feel like Don’s trial is sucking so much wind out of the room, these aren’t even getting footnotes.

    • NegativeNull
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      186 months ago

      The whole purpose of this “impeachment” was to distract the country from Trump’s woes. They tried to keep the focus on Hunter/Joe Biden, but that fizzled out, so they needed a new target. Mayorkas was just the ticket (especially funny after the GQP downed the most friendly border bill they’ll ever see)

      • @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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        76 months ago

        The whole purpose of this “impeachment”

        Yeah I agree, but damn if they haven’t done a shit job of selling it. Also, when your key witness the whole thing is predicated on goes to jail for lying about the key claims of them being a witness…

        Its a veritable nothing-burger feast.

        • Bakkoda
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          16 months ago

          That’s sort of the intention though. Make as many impeachments seem as meaningless as possible so you don’t remember Trump’s being dismissed immediately. Normalize impeachments. Normalize criminal trials. Normalize civil trials.