GOP-dominated Congress is headed into the election rapids, with a belligerent, clownish man-child at the helm ....
how many of them will survive ?
Those who are tossed overboard by the voters will have very little chance of a further career in the GOP, and probably zero chance of returning to national politics. What will they do with the time they have left in office ? I hope some of them will realize that this is the end of the ride, and, more than anyone else, they have Trmp to thank for it. ***THIS*** is their reward for failing to criticize his action, his words, his executive orders, his repugnant character, and it's time for them to realize that the effort to gain His Malignancy's fickle favor can never, ever pay off for them now. They have a huge, stinking backlog of actions not taken out of fear of Trmpian wrath, esp. being "primaried", that demands redress. Every criticism of Trmp you wouldn't have expressed before ? -- express it during your lame-duckship, what's he going to do ? Refuse to endorse you ? You should cheer for that ! Every Trmp nominee you didn't want to support ? Air your criticisms now ! Better yet, join the calls to impeach the cartoon villains (and not-so-cartoonish murderers, thugs, bigots and grifters) that make up his cabinet ! HEGSETH must go ! MULLINS must go ! KENNEDY must go ! GABBARD must go ( I know she's in hiding, but still) ! VOUGHT must go ! BURNUM must go ! RUBIO must go ! Bribery is explicitly pointed out in the Constitution as a "high crime or misdemeanor", and bribery in all its variations is the lifeblood of the maladministration, so digging up the dirt on each target should be pretty straightforward. War crimes are also pretty transparently called for, in some cases. And after you've cleaned out the Cabinet, join the effort to impeach Trmp himself. Sure, we'll get Vance, but it will be a whipped and chastened Vance, with no firm support among his colleagues whom he leapfrogged over to accept Trmp's VP nod, and possibly no majority in either house for the rest of his term. Gerald Ford's future was brighter after Nixon's resignation than Vance's would be, and we know how that turned out.
Remember that impeachment (IIRC) means no future Federal positions and no Federal pension. It's the very least punishment these blood-sucking parasites deserve. While mostly Presidents and judges have been impeached, the Constitution allows impeachment of "all civil Officers of the United States", and that could even include Presidential Aides (e.g. Steven Miller). The intent of the Founders was pretty damned clear on this, but when anyone other than a judge or President is impeached the legal obfuscation can overwhelm the effort (see https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/power-impeach-executive-officers for more). Time to try again ! Don't let these guys off scot-free ! Make them sweat over their fear of even going to jail ! GOPers in Congress spent two years (or six, for some) refusing to do anything, and look where that got them. Time for the ones voted off the island to take matters into their own hands, and burn down what's left of the Trmp/MAGA "phenomenon".
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