What would you say to the argument that impeaching Trump will help him (and other Republicans) get reelected?
It's clearly DOA in the Senate anyway, white America doesn't mind Trump being a racist (in fact it got him elected) so I doubt they'll even flinch at voting not to convict.
Granted, maybe it's the morally right thing do to, but I kinda worry that impeachment just gives him a free ticket to rile up his base and complain about "presidential harassment".
Impeaching Trump for something that is of controversial validity, or controversial rightness, could indeed help him.
But this ain't that. He said it right out in public in front of everyone. He openly told four Congresswoman, all four citizens of the United States, 3 out of 4 born right here in the United States, that they have no right to an opinion because of their ethnicity. Half of those women are from families who have been here LONGER than his own family has. It's pure fukking racism and there's no juelzing his way out of it.
The impeachment, if played correctly, will make very, very clear that a president who claims non-White people aren't really Americans in the same way everyone else is is not a president of the entire United States. Trump has relinquished his own authority. The impeachment, done correctly, will make the case from that and all the other bullshyt racist things he's done that he cannot serve as the president for all Americans.
When he said the racist shyt about the hispanic judge, even Republicans from his own party had to call him out and say it was "textbook racism". This one is even worse than that one was. So the impeachment will put every single Republican (and Democrat) on the spot. Do you call it what it is, do you call it racism, or do you defend it with some juelzing bullshyt? And if you admit that it's racism, and that Trump has a clear pattern of racism, how do you defend that he can still serve as president?
You still won't get them to convict. But you will put every single one of them on the spot and force them to talk about it. And every single one of his supporters will be forced to defend not only why he shouldn't be impeached, but why he should be reelected if he's an open racist.
90% of his White supporters won't care. But he'll lose more votes than he gains.






