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What bills? There’s always a couple dipshits in the bag, but not very many.
128 Democrats just voted against impeaching Trump.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-aoc-al-green-democrats-vote-b2776294.html
That's far more than "a couple dipshits". Stop believing that the Democrats are on your side. They are not. This is not a battle on party lines. It's a class dispute where the haves want to keep having, and need to keep us have nots in our place.
Yeah, they should have gone forward with the farce. I mean, they know and I know (I don't know if you know) that the impeachment itself would not get to the floor, would not pass a vote, and would not happen. But it would keep it in the news and it would keep the MAGAts barking.
Also I don't know if you know that the reasons for impeachment do not apply. They're arguing trump started a war. That's not the case. It might lead to the case, but that's not the case. "President Trump’s unauthorized bombing of Iran constitutes a de facto declaration of war." that de facto is doing a lot of heavy lifting and it was already fought over and won by republiQans of yore under Gee Dubz.
So they're not moving forward with a long drawn out battle that won't succeed and isn't based on fact.
Does it look bad? Yeah it looks bad. Is it bad? Not really. I'd much prefer they be out doing viral events to stop the budget bill. I think that's what they're really interested in spending the next several weeks on.
Rest assured the demented rapist can be impeached on any number of things that have a much higher chance of success than this.