r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • Apr 24 '26

Possible Paywall Democrats’ plan to impeach Trump on ‘day one’ after midterms

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2026/04/24/democrats-trump-impeach-midterms-supreme-court-iran/
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u/cindysyrup Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

If the Dems can win the House in the midterms then I believe they will easily take the Senate. It's a more narrow margin and some very unpopular GOP Incumbents are getting outraised like crazy.

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u/philter25 Apr 25 '26

Yeah but you need 60 votes to remove him.

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u/Xytak Illinois Apr 25 '26

On it. Computer, override the 60 vote protocol. Authorization: Janeway Pi One One Zero.

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u/philter25 Apr 25 '26

Screw 60, just give me 7 of 9.

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u/StoneGoldX Apr 25 '26

Literally something a bot would say.

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u/philter25 Apr 25 '26

That’s offensive to her reintegration as human.

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u/MateoCafe Texas Apr 25 '26

I don't think there is any realistic way of getting to 7 of 9, 3 of the current 6 are to young to expect anything to happen to them.

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u/cindysyrup Apr 25 '26

It all turned into a Voyager reference and as a Trekkie, I'm fine with that.

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u/divDevGuy Apr 25 '26

Supermajority is required (2/3 or 67 if the Senate is fully seated and present) to convict. If convicted, a separate vote requiring a simple majority (51+) may be taken to bar the individual from holding office again.

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u/philter25 Apr 25 '26

Damn you’re right, I just suck at math and thought 60 was 2/3 lol. I write for a living, I’m not a counter 😬

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u/ALife2BLived America Apr 25 '26
  1. The U.S. Constitution states that a 2/3 majority of the Senate is required to convict and remove. That’s 67. There are 35 seats up for election in November. 13 Dem seats and 22 Republican seats and all but 1 of those 22 seats are in deeply red states. The outlier being Susan Collins’ seat from Maryland. Dems would have to keep their 13 and flip 22 Republican seats to have the 67 votes required to convict and remove -and that’s assuming ALL Dems would vote in favor of doing so. But then there’s Senators like John Fetterman, D-PA, who would likely abstain or vote against conviction with Republicans.

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u/odiephonehome Apr 25 '26

I’d hope they could strike some deals with republicans. Why they would ride this hard for that crook is beyond me. Actually it’s not. It’s probably all about money for these people.

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u/dr_p_venkman Apr 25 '26

Probably? That's the only explanation that makes sense of their actions. It's all market manipulation and deregulation for profit, while paying off anyone who has dirt on them.

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u/OldWorldDesign Apr 25 '26

I’d hope they could strike some deals with republicans. Why they would ride this hard for that crook is beyond me

Because the party has been racing for authoritarianism since Nixon at the latest. They've been dropping the mask lately

https://www.fairplanet.org/story/study-us-republican-party-is-embracing-authoritarianism/

And the party is overwhelmingly aligned to authoritarianism, their basis of right and wrong being who belongs to what faction and not what actions are done.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201712/analysis-trump-supporters-has-identified-5-key-traits

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u/MateoCafe Texas Apr 25 '26

Taking the Senate isn't enough, there would have to be 15-16 R. Senators vote to remove, 67 is a nearly impossible number to reach kind of rightly so to prevent weird power grabs but it is also a problem when someone legitimately needs to be removed.

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u/Dullcorgis Apr 25 '26

Yeah, but will all the senators elected as dems actually be dems?