This is the wimping out version, meant to show that they Did Something rather than taking up the impeachment that a goodly chunk of the Democrat base and more unhinged elected members want which would lead to Trump’s easy re-election
Democrats keep censure for Trump on the table
House Democrats are eyeing a move to censure President Trump as a possible alternative to impeaching a president they have accused of gross wrongdoing while in office.
A censure resolution — essentially a public reprimand — lacks the teeth of impeachment’s intrinsic threat to remove a sitting president. But supporters say it would send a clear and immediate message to voters that Democrats are taking seriously their constitutional responsibility to be a check on executive misconduct.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who’s calling for immediate censure of Trump, said it would send a warning to future administrations that Congress won’t sit idle in the face of presidential malfeasance.
And unlike impeachment, which requires overwhelming Senate support, the Democratic-controlled House could censure Trump without a single Republican on board.
“The advantage of that is it can be done with the House,†he said. “We can hold the president accountable and say that his actions are unethical, and he’s engaged in blatant misconduct and that there can be some accountability for future presidents.â€
This is Trump we’re talking about: do you think he’ll be concerned, or laugh off the notion of Democrats censuring him on a strictly party line vote?
Yet there are risks involved with censure, according to a number of former Democratic lawmakers watching the saga unfold.
“The advantage is it perhaps becomes a strategic substitute to an impeachment process that could backfire electorally,†said former-Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.). “The disadvantage is that it could negatively impair the investigations that House Democrats are conducting.â€
“If you pass a censure resolution, I suppose an argument could be made that you no longer need these investigations because you’ve already censured the guy,†he added.
At some point Democrats will have to give up their Trump Derangement Syndrome, right? LOL. Good luck with that.
