# Harris will be impeached --Lindsey Graham **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 17, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-will-be-impeached-lindsey-graham/933134 "2021-02-17T16:03:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-will-be-impeached-lindsey-graham/933134/81 "2021-02-18T15:15:21Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > The idea that impeaching a vice president, or anyone else, for supporting in any way an organization that perfectly legally posts bail for people who have been arrested and are awaiting trial and _ **who have been granted bail by the courts** _ is, of course, ridiculous. If Graham persists in this ridiculous argument, it could lead to the next step; arguing that judges who grant bail are committing impeachable offenses. Maybe we can reinstate the Meese standard that anyone who is accused of a crime is guilty. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-will-be-impeached-lindsey-graham/933134/82 "2021-02-18T15:47:57Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > The idea that impeaching a vice president, or anyone else, for supporting in any way an organization that perfectly legally posts bail for people who have been arrested and are awaiting trial and _ **who have been granted bail by the courts** _ is, of course, ridiculous. This was the idea I was trying to get at. I don’t know how Graham could even articulate an offense from this conduct. Yes, it’s politics and anything is impeachable if you get enough votes, but don’t you have to allege something more than “she had lunch at 12:35 p.m.” if you’re going to make the argument with a straight face? ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-will-be-impeached-lindsey-graham/933134/83 "2021-02-18T15:51:31Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I don’t know how Graham could even articulate an offense from this conduct. He can’t. He’s playing to the peanut gallery. What they’re hearing him say is “Kamala Harris gave money to violent black looters, because she’s black, and that makes her exactly the same as a violent black looter.” That’s it, that’s what he’s doing, nothing more and nothing less than that. Lindsay Graham knows perfectly well that VP Harris did absolutely nothing wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-will-be-impeached-lindsey-graham/933134/84 "2021-02-18T15:54:34Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I don’t know how Graham could even articulate an offense from this conduct. It will be convincing to people who want to be convinced. It’s basic both-siderism. When a Republican commits a crime, accuse a Democrat of an equivalent crime. Don’t go into any details or offer evidence to support the accusation. Just throw it out there and say “See, both sides do this so you can’t single us out.” ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-will-be-impeached-lindsey-graham/933134/85 "2021-02-18T16:28:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s basic both-siderism. Yes. Graham is basically saying what many (most?) Republicans, along with Tucker Carlson, and Hannity, and Ingraham, are saying, which is “Trump started a riot and tried to stop the constitutional process of government so he could remain as President? So what? Kamala Harris personally set fires and looted stores in Minneapolis! She might as well have been there with a can of gasoline and a match! Same thing! Same exact thing! You can tell, 'cause she’s black.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-will-be-impeached-lindsey-graham/933134/86 "2021-02-18T17:06:53Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > Kamala Harris personally set fires and looted stores in Minneapolis! Sure, I didn’t personally witness Harris setting fire to a store. But I did once see a picture of her holding a lighter and a picture of her inside a store. So just put the pieces together. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-will-be-impeached-lindsey-graham/933134.md?page=4)