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Disclaimer: I'm just some person on the internet with a very very basic understanding of how US politics operates.

They gotta wait till after the midterms. If they flip enough seats they might be able to impeach him. Right now there are too many Republicans that are loyal to him. Even with enough seats an actual conviction might be unlikely given that the current president was already impeachment twice the last time he was in office.

It is also possible that he's immune to any type of conviction because of the Supreme Court decision a couple years ago shielding the president's actions while in office.

House of Representatives: 213 (D) 220 (R) 2 (Vacant) Senate: 45 (D) 53 (R) 2 (Other)

Votes needed for Impeachment in the House: Simple Majority (51% of voting members)

Senate Trial votes needed for conviction: Two-Thirds Majority (~67% of voting members present)

The Senate Trail is conducted by the Chief Justice which is currently John Roberts (R). Conviction in this trail results in removal from office. If the president is not found guilty they are acquitted and can stay office.

Previous presidents stepped down before actually being convicted. That would most likely not be the cause here.

References: https://legalclarity.org/how-can-a-president-be-impeached-in-the-us/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._United_States

https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_current_members_of_the_U.S._Congress

Most of the major elections occur in November. Many government workers have three weeks off of work for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. During that time the winning candidate and the incumbent coordinate transitioning into and out of office. This also gives the new administrative staff time to prepare and get up to speed.

Kinda stupid to do it during the holidays. I also think campaigns are far too long. Losing our privacy should mean any person seeking office has at least a ten year resume on the type of person they are and who is backing them. Especially now that there is a massive trove of data, once released, with tons of people who should never have power over anyone again.

In yester year people would build water wells on property they claimed as their own. They'd drink it straight from the ground. Then their neighbors decided to let oil companies, chemical plants, and factory farms operate on the land. The water was then no longer suitable to drink.

Are they or did they just run extremely poor candidates? Clinton had a ton of baggage and the DNC steam rolled her into the position.

Harris wasn't a popular choice in the primaries for the 2020 election either. In 2024 it seemed like she could have one but the people of the United States somehow thought she was inept. Possibly do to the severe lack of reporting on her throughout the Biden presidency. They had no intention of her running, so they did nothing to help her until the last four months of the race.