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Impeachment of Donald J. Trump

For the third time in our nation's history, the people's House is voting on impeachment today. If passed, Donald J. Trump will be the third President impeached in our history.  The others, Johnson and Clinton, were acquitted in both of their trials, and it remains to be seen how this will play out in the Senate.  We can only guess by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's recent statements of calling the impeachment a "partisan play," and with the Republican majority, that a "trial" will be held only for the purposes of appearing to do their constitutional duty.  Also, I can expect more political theater by the Republicans, as witnessed in the House, for their constituents, especially for Trump supporters. Also at work are the "conservative" or "right-wing" pundits doing their jobs for the GOP.  Like today, on one these shows, the speaker proclaimed, "the liberals, Dems, are just trying to delegitimize the 2016 election, they a...