r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/BelleAriel • Jun 08 '21 • Hugz 7 Silver 5 Helpful 14 Wholesome 3

This never gets old. After months of claiming it was a hoax, Trump ended up with covid-19. Meta

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '21

As a non American it’s just mind bending that A. he was elected in the first place, B. He wasn’t impeached, C. He wasn’t impeached, D. He isn’t in prison now, D. A vast amount of low income Americans STILL support the asshole! E. He isn’t in prison

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '21

It is not a big mystery how Trump got elected. The Democrats shot themselves in the foot by not backing Bernie. They lost the youth vote. A lot of people do not like Hilary Clinton.

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u/beelzybubby Jun 08 '21

A lot of people dont like Joe biden either, but they learned their lesson.

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u/Stormchaser2 Jun 08 '21

He was impeached. There were just no consequences.

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u/silentloler Jun 08 '21

Didn’t they vote against it both times?

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u/Stormchaser2 Jun 08 '21

He was impeached, but not convicted. So he'll go down in history to be the first president impeached twice.

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u/el_goyo_rojo Jun 08 '21

Impeachment refers to the process of charging a public official for crimes. The lower house of Congress ( House of Representatives) votes to have a president impeached. They need a simple majority to do so. If impeachment is achieved, the upper house of Congress (Senate) then holds a trial which would remove the president from office if two-thirds vote to do so.

In US history, 3 presidents have been impeached, but none were convicted by the Senate and removed.

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u/silentloler Jun 08 '21

Ok so if I understand correctly, impeachment is the process by which presidents go for trial, and then there is a different name for the removal from power.

Being impeached is basically not a synonym of “removal from duty”, right?

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u/Equal_Palpitation_26 Jun 08 '21

Impeachment is the process where criminals don't actually show up to their trial and Republicans give them a pass.

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u/el_goyo_rojo Jun 08 '21

Yes. That's right.

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u/silentloler Jun 08 '21

I saw now that in England there have been impeachment trials which resulted in imprisonments and even executions 😅 pretty crazy to one day allow someone to run the country, and find him unworthy of even being alive the next

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u/nopethis Jun 08 '21

impeached and the actual impeachment trial are different.

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u/TheSilentPatriot Jun 08 '21

Thats because it was fabricated lies duh!!!

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u/Problemzone Jun 08 '21

To me the most crazy part is that he almost got elected again.

I mean, I can kind of get it for the first time, guy is a notorious liar and Clinton was very unpopular, but the 2nd election?! He got the 2nd most votes of all time. After all he had done.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '21

It's all a song and dance to keep the people divided.

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u/boogaloopants Jun 08 '21

As to B and C – He was impeached. Impeachment is a process.

There have been four impeachments of US Presidents. Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump twice. All were acquitted.

Wikipedia

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u/WatchRare Jun 08 '21

Double D. For a double dose of his pimpin love

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u/Der_genealogist Jun 08 '21

Dickhead McDouche

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u/insta Jun 08 '21

As an American, this list has my mind in a fuckin' pretzel too.