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Why, Whatever the Consequences, Trump Must be Impeached and Removed
Don’t let him keep his White Supremacy bully pulpit.
Jessica Wildfire writes convincingly of the two options of dealing with the latest travesty committed by Trump, and of the very real consequences of both. If Trump is arrested, impeached and removed in the next few days, or removed by the 25th Amendment, he will become a martyr to his followers. The very followers who breached and ransacked the Capitol Building. I agree with her. However, the feared actions by his followers are likely to come either way.
If we ignore him, and instead go about building our Democracy back, with true leaders in place, he will, we hope, ride off into the sunset. He can’t stand being ignored, a fate worse than any to a narcissist.
They will continue to listen to him even if we don’t.
Here’s the dilemma that comes with ignoring him and not making him a martyr to his followers. They will continue to listen to him even if we don’t.
And if we don’t impeach and convict him in Congress, he will be free to run for office again. Not that anyone believes after all this that he could win. Remember, though, by several reports from insiders of his campaign, he didn’t plan to win the first…
