They can’t be pardoned for the impeachment or its effects. They can still be pardoned for other crimes.
And “his People” couldn’t do any video magic to make it appear he was human. Like they don’t know how to do Deep Fakes.
I feel like I’m in a Doctor Who or Torchwood episode.
(w/o the whole Jack Harkness hotness.)
But are they resigning because of their “disgust”, or are they resigning so they don’t have to take part in invoking the 25th?
Yep. Pretty sure a lot of folks are wondering about that.
I believe you nailed it.
Notice that the speech was posted on Twitter — I guess he’s out of Time out. I wouldn’t be surprised if recording this video was Twitter‘s condition for reinstating his account. Shoot, I wouldn’t be surprised if they wrote it. It is nothing like any speech he’s ever given in the past five years.
But if he is in the process of being impeached for sedition, can he pardon himself? I mean, I get the idea of him pardoning himself being legal is an open question. 25th would forestall that but not sure about impeaching.
The only punishment provided by impeachment is removal from office and barring from future office. So I believe he could pardon himself at any point for anything until he is removed.
So 25th is really the best way to go.
However, with impeachment you could bar him from office in the future.
I don’t like being that cynical, but Elaine is the wife of Mitch, and Betsy is a True Believer.
Gah! But is there really any chance of conviction?
Dunno. But the odds of getting around 17 Republican senators to vote guilty are somewhat higher than before, and certainly worth a try.
Basically, do both. 25th and impeach.
Does 0/0 count as a majority? Leading mathematicians want to know…
But he wasn’t wearing his red tie. That means it wasn’t a true speech. And the gold fringe on the flag something something. High level 5th dimensional chess going on right here. Rearrange the words and letters - he’s communicating with his followers in code only they know. Do your research. All is well.
/s for anyone who hasn’t read me before.
That’s my guess also.
I don’t like that. He must pay for this transgression.
15 seconds in.
Maybe they will impeach him?