President Donald Trump threatened to veto every piece of legislation put forward during the second half of his administration if Democrats flip control of the House or Senate during next month’s midterm elections.

“Well, I think the Republicans are going to win. But if there was, you call it gridlock, what happens is I veto everything,” Trump told reporters Friday morning while speaking on the South Lawn. “And then the Democrats come and they want to make a deal. So we’ll work it out.”

Historical precedent and polling data suggest Democrats are on the cusp of flipping at least the House next month and possibly the Senate, due to public frustration over the Iran war and high costs of living.

So, they will override his veto

  • Gravitywell.xYz@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    I for one can’t wait to see how democrats will snatch failure from the jaws of victory on this one. Can they impeach him 2 more times with zero consequences?

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      8 hours ago

      Seeing as they’ve already helped the Republicans vote down impeachment this year and not just a onsie, twosie thing either. I mean I think it’s a foregone conclusion that the centrist assholes in leadership aren’t going to do fuck all.

      I’m fully expecting these jackasses to be like all of the other centrist apologists on social media and fall back on the excuse of “Well Republicans in the Senate won’t vote for it so it’s better to not try to hold Trump accountable at all.” weak sauce bullshit. We all know that when the going gets tough, the centrists don’t do shit.

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        2 hours ago

        Even when the opposite party is in power, they never follow up on impeachment “to heal the divide”.

        Fucking Kang or Kudos.

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      12 hours ago

      You need 2/3rds of the senate to convict so if the best case scenario happens (something like a 54 dem - 46 gop split) Trump still won’t get convicted becuase dems still need a dozen gop members to vote with them. So yeah Trump won’t get convicted. It’s not really dems fault; the rules are dumb as fuck.

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        Impeachment without knowing they have at least 60 votes before the trial starts is definitely a waste. There is some value in having the trial and making Republicans be on record as supporting trump. You do need to know it won’t be a straight party line vote though, or any benefits are mostly wasted.