I’m glad the post title changed. It initially said, “Trump’s impeachments to be expunged” and that’s not the gist of the article. (Edit: Thanks @cfabbro for updating that and introducing me to the...
I’m glad the post title changed. It initially said, “Trump’s impeachments to be expunged” and that’s not the gist of the article. (Edit: Thanks @cfabbro for updating that and introducing me to the Topic Log in the sidebar.)
You have Greene and Stefanik introducing the resolution—far-right politicians, at least one of which who embarrassed McCarthy by holding hostage the vote for Speaker. McCarthy seems to need to placate Greene to keep the gavel. So, he’ll send this to committee (where lots of things go to die) and make a public statement of support. It probably won’t go anywhere.
And while nowadays anything can happen, experts seem to agree there is no constitutional mechanism for expunging the impeachment, nor does the House have control of Senate impeachment trial records.
Expunging wouldn't do anything anyway. He was twice impeached by the house. If he was elected again, those prior impeachments wouldn't mean anything. So expunging them is a purely performative action.
Expunging wouldn't do anything anyway. He was twice impeached by the house. If he was elected again, those prior impeachments wouldn't mean anything. So expunging them is a purely performative action.
Curious, I saw the title of this post changed. It originally indicated as a matter of fact that Trump's impeachments would be expunged. Did the OP or mod change the title?
Curious, I saw the title of this post changed.
It originally indicated as a matter of fact that Trump's impeachments would be expunged.
I changed it for precisely that reason; It was originally incredibly misleading. You can see all the changes to topics in the Topic Log on the sidebar.
I changed it for precisely that reason; It was originally incredibly misleading. You can see all the changes to topics in the Topic Log on the sidebar.
Are you intentionally trying to be misleading or is this your honest take away from that article?
The speaker gave no indication he would move quickly to bring forward the proposals from Greene, R-Ga., and Stefanik, R-N.Y., who is the fourth-ranking GOP leader, for House votes. Pressed if the proposals were a priority, he shifted to listing other GOP goals.
Are you intentionally trying to be misleading or is this your honest take away from that article?
I’m glad the post title changed. It initially said, “Trump’s impeachments to be expunged” and that’s not the gist of the article. (Edit: Thanks @cfabbro for updating that and introducing me to the Topic Log in the sidebar.)
You have Greene and Stefanik introducing the resolution—far-right politicians, at least one of which who embarrassed McCarthy by holding hostage the vote for Speaker. McCarthy seems to need to placate Greene to keep the gavel. So, he’ll send this to committee (where lots of things go to die) and make a public statement of support. It probably won’t go anywhere.
And while nowadays anything can happen, experts seem to agree there is no constitutional mechanism for expunging the impeachment, nor does the House have control of Senate impeachment trial records.
Expunging wouldn't do anything anyway. He was twice impeached by the house. If he was elected again, those prior impeachments wouldn't mean anything. So expunging them is a purely performative action.
Curious, I saw the title of this post changed.
It originally indicated as a matter of fact that Trump's impeachments would be expunged.
Did the OP or mod change the title?
I changed it for precisely that reason; It was originally incredibly misleading. You can see all the changes to topics in the Topic Log on the sidebar.
Thank you for catching that. I was taken aback to see the sensational and click bait titles being brought to Tilde.
You can see the Topic Log in the sidebar. It was changed by somebody with title edit permissions to reduce editorializing.
Thank you! Learned something new today.
Are you intentionally trying to be misleading or is this your honest take away from that article?