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House to vote on Biden impeachment (www.axios.com)
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Right-wing lawmakers are proving increasingly willing to force potentially divisive votes.

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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 135 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I agree that both sides do shitty things, but they're no where near equivocal.

  • Democrats impeached Trump for withholding aid to Ukraine in an attempt to blackmail his political opponent, and then again for inciting an insurrection when he lost the election.
  • Republicans are trying to impeach Biden because he's a Democratic, while they're trying to normalize impeachment to downplay how serious it is so Trump's previous impeachments don't look so bad for the next election.

Implying that both sides suck equally is dangerous. It'd be like a kid saying "My parents made me eat my vegetables, they suck. Also the guy that broke into my house and tried to stab my family sucks. All adults suck."

[–] sensibilidades@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seriously, Trump earned those impeachments.

[–] ReCursing@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

He worked hard for them, he's a hard worker, perhaps the hardest worker, people come up to him with tears in their eyes and ask "how did you get those impeachments?" and he says "I just worked hard", because that's what he does, he works hard to be impeached...