Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November.
The dubious promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the country’s nearly $1.8 trillion annual budget deficit and concerns about inflation.
Yep. And you know what they say about bribery:
The key thing is “…on Impeachment for, and Conviction of…” Which isn’t going to happen if things stay as they are.
I don’t know. This is pretty brazen, and the midterms aren’t looking good for the Republicans. If enough GOP congressfolk think they’d be better off facing the midterms under the stalwart leadership of President Vance, I could see them moving en masse behind an impeachment push. The ball has to start rolling somewhere though, and I don’t know which representative would be likely to introduce articles and palatable to enough Republicans that they could join under the color of bipartisanship.
All that presumes a congress that doesn’t suck though, and when in doubt, congress sucks. Being the first mover is dangerous, especially with Trump still at the helm. I’m not saying it’s likely, but it could happen.
Any Republican worth anything would do it “as a patriot.” Bipartisanship is fine, but “patriotism” is their whole thing. When a president does something this bold it should be easy to benefit by being someone who actually stands up for what they speak about so often. Obviously this is in a sane world though, and it also requires that they care about real patriotism, not nationalism.