Summary

Efforts to impeach Donald Trump for a third time are intensifying as he begins his second term.

The non-partisan group Free Speech For People launched the “Impeach Trump. Again” campaign, citing constitutional violations, including his alleged role in the January 6 Capitol riots and breaches of the emoluments clause.

The group also accuses Trump of campaign finance violations, xenophobic rhetoric, and abuse of power.

However, impeachment remains unlikely with Republicans controlling Congress. Democrats may revisit impeachment if they regain control in 2026.

  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Unfortunately this is just a sign of how bad the US has gotten.

    There have been impeachment attempts on Clinton, W Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden. Impeachment was supposed to be used to stop a president acting illegally but its just become another political weapon in the US capitol.

    The US system is so unbelievably broken. It entirely depends on bipartisan support to get things done but things are now too polarised to function and the electoral system prevents 3rd parties access at any level.

    The two parties have destroyed democracy. It could be fixed but it would need to start at the state levels with 3rd parties coming in and rebuilding the electoral system. But the 2 parties have even gerrymandered the constituencies so only the two parties can win.

    Even other countries with first past the post systems have other viable political parties - look at the UK, Australia and Canada. Fptp is flawed and breed an replacing but the US version is next level for locking in the status quo.

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      2 months ago

      Just an FYI, Australia doesn’t have first past the post, rather we have preferential and compulsory voting. We’re quite proud of it. An independent organisation creates voting districts which means gerrymandering is minimised

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        2 months ago

        That sounds civilized and reasonable

        I fear in the next US election people will vote with their guns

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      2 months ago

      There actually was no impeachment attempt on W. Bush, Pelosi intentionally took it off the table.

      Similarly there were no serious attempts on Obama or Biden either. Threats, definitely. Obama specifically was threatened with impeachment over military action in Libya without congressional approval, but then that became “WhY DiDn’t yOu dO AnYtHiNg aBoUt bEnGhAzI?”