# Republicans: What would it take to impeach Donald Trump? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 11, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-what-would-it-take-to-impeach-donald-trump/771505 "2016-11-11T15:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-what-would-it-take-to-impeach-donald-trump/771505/101 "2016-11-20T17:27:20Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I think it would be funny if the GOP is leading the impeachment charge to get him out of their hair (and to install Pence) and the Democrats have to try to fight against impeachment to make them wallow in the Trump suckitude and keep Pence out. The Dems should fight to keep Trump in. As VP, Pence doesn’t have much power no matter what Trump wants him to do. Granted, Trump will probably sign whatever is shoved under his nose but it’s still better than Pence holding power. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-what-would-it-take-to-impeach-donald-trump/771505/102 "2016-11-20T19:34:25Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > How about violate the Constitution, like [Trump is about to do](https://thinkprogress.org/trump-poised-to-violate-constitution-his-first-day-in-office-george-w-bushs-ethcs-lawyer-says-73e14789a935#.qlf4c5ajr)? According to the article you linked - _The Constitution’s “Emoluments Clause,” provides that “no person holding any office of profit or trust under” the United States “shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.”_ Which office “of profit or trust” does Trump currently hold? It seems to me that you need to hurry over to Trump’s hotel and administer the oath of office as quickly as possible. However, lame-duck Obama might object. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-what-would-it-take-to-impeach-donald-trump/771505/103 "2016-11-20T19:38:23Z")
So, he’ll stop whoring as soon as we actually marry him? Very reassuring. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-what-would-it-take-to-impeach-donald-trump/771505/104 "2016-11-20T20:24:49Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Which office “of profit or trust” does Trump currently hold? ‘About to do’ means ‘in the future’. I’m surprised they don’t teach that in school these days. > [@elucidator](#): > > So, he’ll stop whoring as soon as we actually marry him? Very reassuring. What **elucidator** said. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-what-would-it-take-to-impeach-donald-trump/771505/105 "2016-11-20T20:51:33Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ‘About to do’ means ‘in the future’. I’m surprised they don’t teach that in school these days. (post shortened) According to the linked article, the event took place Friday. Are you suggesting that they’re going back to the future? \*Friday evening, the Washington Post reported that about 100 foreign diplomats gathered at President-elect Donald Trump’s hotel in Washington, DC to “to sip Trump-branded champagne, dine on sliders and hear a sales pitch about the U.S. president-elect’s newest hotel.” The tour included a look at the hotel’s $20,000 a night “town house” suite. \* and _The **incoming** president, in other words, is actively soliciting business from agents of foreign governments._ I wonder what the author means when he says, “incoming president”? Is he suggesting that Trump is not currently in an office “of profit or trust”? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-what-would-it-take-to-impeach-donald-trump/771505/106 "2016-11-20T20:58:41Z")
Have it your way. Next January, we’ll post a list. ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-what-would-it-take-to-impeach-donald-trump/771505/107 "2016-11-26T15:51:37Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Eeeyeahrite. And where’s _that_ funding going to come from? Maybe if they stopped spending on the war on drugs… > > Oh, but wait, Republicans are the party of lower taxes… True, but the money would come from the same source as the rest of his infrastructure plans-a huge increase in the deficit. The republican party is all in favor of increased deficits when their president is spending the money. It is only when there is a democratic president that deficits matter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-what-would-it-take-to-impeach-donald-trump/771505.md?page=5)