Rep. Don Bacon says House could impeach Trump if U.S. invades Greenland

https://omaha.com/news/local/government-politics/article_bdf0d63a-d6e8-43b5-bb3e-086928a8edfe.html

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newthrowaway20@lemmy.world · 123 pts · 209d (9 replies)

Wtf kinda answer is this? Trump already invaded Venezuela, kidnapped the president, and no one did anything. Lindsay Graham couldn't stop drooling over that oil.

redbrick@lemmy.world · -46 pts · 209d (8 replies)

Maduro was a terrible MF too...let's not forget that.

vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 55 pts · 208d

And so is my biological father yet I don't want the fucken Chinese to kick him down and ferry him off to some prison in Guongdong. Mostly because he's my kill, I call dibs I wish to commit patricide.

T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 209d

Doesn't excuse what the us did

Mihies@programming.dev · 20 pts · 208d

I'd argue that Orange bully is much worse

XeroxCool@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 208d

That's why the US worked so hard to dethrone multiple other leaders deemed terrible by American values and not just military-weak, oil-rich nations to destabilize regions, right? Glad America freed the world of Putin, Netanyahu, Kim, and Xi.

Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 208d

That's irrelevant to the President breaking the law to go after him. If he were that bad, he could have gotten Congress's approval before sending US military into a sovereign nation and abducting it's leader based on some bullshit drug trafficking accusation that he, a week prior pardoned another head of state, for.

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 208d

The world is full of terrible dictators. The United States is included in that number.

Should we go around kidnapping people from any countries we happen not to like? Because I have a feeling that's going to be a lot more broad than you may expect.

TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 208d

Unless you think the ends justify the means, yes we can forget that.

Cocodapuf@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 208d

Nah, let's forget it, because it's totally irrelevant.

You think Trump gave a shit who was in charge there?

kokesh@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 209d

Could, but wouldn't. The republicans suck sHitler's dick.

adespoton@lemmy.ca · 47 pts · 209d

They could also impeach Trump if U.S. invades Venezuela.

iamthetot@piefed.ca · 38 pts · 209d (1 reply)

They could also impeach him for any of the numerous impeachabke offenses he's already done.

logicbomb@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 208d

If there were any justice, they'd impeach and convict Trump for raping a child. And that would be the only thing non-historians would know about him in the future. That he was a pedophile who was removed from office when they learned that he had raped young children in the past.

JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 36 pts · 208d

You should've impeached him over Venezuela.

And about 5 more reasons each week since this time last year.

But you don't. And instead you send the message that this is okay, and the American people agree with it.

It's not okay. We do not consent.

ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 209d

They could. But they won't.

crusa187@lemmy.ml · 29 pts · 208d (4 replies)

Impeachment doesn’t mean shit unless you remove the childfucker from office for his many wrongdoings.

This is just repugnantcons further muddying the waters, weakening our institutions, and sanewashing the trump regime’s many other criminal acts.

Insekticus@aussie.zone · 15 pts · 208d (3 replies)

If a democrat did anything that Dump had done in the last decade, there'd be blood on the streets. The Republicunts are the most hypocritical scum in existence.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 208d (1 reply)

There are no Republicans any more. That was their larval stage before their final form - MAGA.

When this is all over, they aren't going to be able normalize their past by claiming they were always Republicans, not MAGA.

They're ALL MAGA now, no matter what they say.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 208d

I think the error here is pretending they're two different things. GOP= MAGA. They are inextricable

crusa187@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 208d

I remember jade helm panic like it was just yesterday.

And now look at these gestapo scum terrorizing our streets. It makes me sick.

GodyGade@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 209d (1 reply)

Not sure what impeachment actually does at this point. He's already been impeached twice and I know of no consequences for those.

ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 16 pts · 208d

Trumpie has been impeached twice, convicted several different times, charged with other offences, and more. Yet Trumpie was never truly punished for his behaviour. All this mounted too was some serious finger waving at Trumpie.

GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 208d

Sure you will.

You could now.

But you won't.

Talk talk talk blab blab blab.

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 208d

How about doing this before he breaks up NATO?

humanoftheinternet@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 209d

They could! But only after he invades Greenland.

bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 17 pts · 208d

Bruh stfu that term hasn't carried any weight since he's first impeachment where exactly nothing came of it. Nobody cares.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 208d (1 reply)

If we do end up annexing Greenland, I expect those fully automated motorized goalposts will be moving at great speed before the effort even kicks off.

amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 208d

So they ended up installing the political version of homeassistant? House assistant 2.0

Zexks@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 209d (1 reply)

Insert ron burgandy 'i dont believe you' meme

bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 208d

teawrecks@sopuli.xyz · 15 pts · 208d

Add it to the list.

AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 209d

They could, but they won't.

azimir@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 208d

Rep. Don Bacon is a wanker. Shit or get off the pot. This wannabe dictator is threatening to shut down elections and post soldiers to US cities that aren't actually in need of it. Do your job and stop flapping your mouth, wanker.

FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 11 pts · 208d

“They say we could impeach him ✋🤚tremendously 👐. People say a lot of things are impeachable 🍑but this one ☝️is the peachiest. I’m gonna call it a 💯perfect 👌imp🍑ment. “

tidderuuf@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 209d

Of course Republicans will impeach after U.S. invades Greenland. Because we will be in the middle of a war with NATO and Putin will just swipe in to take over whatever's left standing.

The GOP really are useful idiots.

thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 209d

Why wait? Why not be proactive about grandpa’s threats?

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 209d

FaceDeer@fedia.io · 9 pts · 208d (1 reply)

"COULD???"

amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 208d

Yeah but they won't

AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 208d

Could, but won't.

worhui@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 209d

Or you know make it so the military knows he needs to ask congress first. NOT wait for him to attack another nation and avoid the position.

BranBucket@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 207d

So that's where we draw the line?

We wait until he's completely fucked overseas relations, destroyed NATO, and handed the world to China on a silver platter. Then we impeach him and say "Oops, our bad! Who knew he'd be that crazy guys? Boy, do we have egg on our face! We're all gonna laugh about this later, I promise..."

Class act. Five of five stars. Best legislature ever.

Janx@piefed.social · 7 pts · 208d

Republican, so... no you fucking won't. You'll make a stern face, while soliciting the racist freaks that are his voter base.

hateisreality@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 208d (1 reply)

Bullshit....he's already committed a fucking stream of impeachable offences

axx@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 208d

Right? Like what about attacking another sovereign country's capital and abducting the head of state?

crazycraw@crazypeople.online · 7 pts · 209d (1 reply)

omg and a dove might land on my balls forcing me to write a strongly worded letter to someone who gives two shits.

seriously ?! this bullshit "oh yeah well we'll 'hurt you with processes that didn't hurt you before when we did these processes twice."

these brain dead totally dependent system suckers are the other part of the problem.

nocturne@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 209d

TomMasz@piefed.social · 6 pts · 209d

Why wait? DO IT NOW!

JackbyDev@programming.dev · 5 pts · 207d (1 reply)

Y'all should be impeaching him already.

vermyndax@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 207d

He shouldn't have even been allowed to run.

formergijoe@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 209d

...but they won't.

Etterra@discuss.online · 5 pts · 208d

Just because they can doesn't mean they'll do Jack shit.

Zagam@piefed.social · 5 pts · 208d

Yeah, and BMW drivers could use turn signals.

Wish in one hand....

Eryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 208d

and why didnt you when he invaded california minnosota chicago etc..

mechoman444@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 207d

What the hell does invade mean! Greenland has 55k people living in it, most in Nuuk. They have no active military, no navy... Nothing. What's going to happen? A group of US troops flies in on commercial and plant a flag?

Jesus. My zip code has more people than Greenland!

800XL@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 208d

Did you know that the J in Donald J Trump stands for "Jingo"? That's his middle name.

WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 207d

“Could?” Yea “won’t?” More then likely.

the_q@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 209d
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tumblechinchilla@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 207d

Trump and all his heads of department need to hang for what they've done. If they want to go on a history trip with us we will give them a ride

Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 208d
Ironfist79@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 207d

And monkeys could fly out of my butt.

Fedizen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 208d

Why not just impeach him for saying it?