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kentuck

(115,689 posts)
Thu May 28, 2026, 12:13 PM 3 hrs ago

"They'll find a reason to impeach me".

So said Donald Trump. In the event that Democrats were to win the Congress in November?

But, not to worry Donald. Unlike yourself, all charges will be adequately investigated, with witnesses under oath. There will be no seashells.

If you are not guilty of any crimes, you will not be impeached. But high crimes and misdemeanors are still the standard that must be met.

Your attempted theft of taxpayers dollars from the Treasury for your individual slush fund will be a good start.

Embroiling the country in a war in the Middle East without consultation with the Congress deserves an explanation. You have done great harm to America and the economies of the rest of the world. You do not get to slither away to Mar-a-Lago without some answers.

Your side deals of making fortunes for yourself and your family are all illegal. It is forbidden by the Constitution. You can pretend that the emoluments clause does not exist or does not apply to the Trump family but it is still part of the Constitution and the law of the land.

You should have to relinquish all your ill-begotten gains. The Presidency was not created for you to enrich yourself.

Yes, there is a possibility that you may be impeached.

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"They'll find a reason to impeach me". (Original Post) kentuck 3 hrs ago OP
*A* reason? I can think of dozens, maybe hundreds. Ocelot II 3 hrs ago #1
I'm at about 500 reasons, and counting. MLWR 2 hrs ago #11
I predict big fights about trimming the list down (nt) William Seger 1 hr ago #22
Won't have to look for them. wnylib 1 hr ago #25
Finding a reason to impeach Trump is about as Hey Joe 1 hr ago #30
Reasons to impeach will chase him down "like it's trying to collect rent" Seinan Sensei 34 min ago #45
It might be hard to find anything he has done that isn't impeachable MadameButterfly 23 min ago #47
I would love to see him removed from office. I doubt it will happen, but a guy can hope, can't he? OLDMDDEM 3 hrs ago #2
And then deported. Keep him in Alligator Alcatraz while wnylib 1 hr ago #27
Yes. That would be perfect for him. OLDMDDEM 1 hr ago #34
And safest for the rest of us. wnylib 1 hr ago #35
We can never know what the future holds. However, as it becomes... pat_k 1 hr ago #37
I would love to see that happen. You are probably right about the magats going to him to tell him tyo resign. OLDMDDEM 59 min ago #39
I don't know how long they'll be able to ... pat_k 23 min ago #48
DEMs don't have to 'find' any reasons. The reasons have been mounting up in newpaper headlines & TV cryons. Attilatheblond 3 hrs ago #3
Yep Jilly_in_VA 3 hrs ago #4
LOL... "find"? ananda 3 hrs ago #5
Yeah, he's given a lot of reasons to impeach him. But Dems should not make the election GoodRaisin 2 hrs ago #6
Agree. The election campaigns should NOT ever wnylib 1 hr ago #28
Yes, he's trying to make himself a victim along with the J6ers MadameButterfly 20 min ago #49
No shortage of reasons Mad_Machine76 2 hrs ago #7
As if he doesn't deserve to be impeached ... is THAT his implication? FakeNoose 2 hrs ago #8
No, not that he doesn't deserve impeachment, although wnylib 1 hr ago #29
TSF should welcome a 3rd impeachment. He's always boasting about the most... 3catwoman3 2 hrs ago #9
The reasons to.... Snackshack 2 hrs ago #10
No shit. C_U_L8R 2 hrs ago #12
Find a reason? That's easy paleotn 2 hrs ago #13
Then stop giving them reason to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 2 hrs ago #14
Y'know, guys... jmowreader 2 hrs ago #15
"They'll find a reason to impeach me". AverageOldGuy 2 hrs ago #16
I'm reminded of a favorite movie quote Unwind Your Mind 2 hrs ago #17
I like the concept of forcing him to pay back Dr. T 2 hrs ago #18
That's like a bank robber running off with the money saying "they'll find a reason to arrest me". Yeah, actually they Fil1957 2 hrs ago #19
They are many and in the open mvd 2 hrs ago #20
Jebus! Enough! MineralMan 1 hr ago #21
Fuckin' A!!!! Reasons to impeach you will ABOUND, Trumpy! n/t PatrickforB 1 hr ago #23
Good call Nostradumass. JohnnyRingo 1 hr ago #24
When that happens, most of the populace will sing "Oh Happy Day" chouchou 1 hr ago #26
This message was self-deleted by its author MissouriDem47 1 hr ago #31
"They Will Find A Reason" MissouriDem47 1 hr ago #32
Will beyondtimes 1 hr ago #33
The greedy village idiot speaks again mdbl 1 hr ago #36
Stop committing crimes, Pedo Rapist, and you wouldn't get impeached. City Lights 1 hr ago #38
Finding reasons to impeach will be like searching for straw in a haystack. Marcuse 57 min ago #40
When you openly engage in criminal activity Bettie 56 min ago #41
A majority support impeachment/removal, including 1 in 5 felon voters. pat_k 55 min ago #42
a million reasons - Lady Gaga ShepKat 48 min ago #43
Even Nixon knew enough to resign before he would be impeached. Katinfl 48 min ago #44
If there are Republican congressmen directly involved in some of Trump's impeachable offenses... Escape 27 min ago #46
They won't have to look very hard, will they? NNadir 18 min ago #50
One wonders how many of his souless cult members will fall for him as the "victim of a witchhunt" again? LiberalLovinLug 16 min ago #51
Lots of reasons to impeach convicted felon were already found Progressive dog 14 min ago #52
The only thing that makes finding a reason to impeach him difficult whopis01 7 min ago #53
Well, they will be hard to find. tavernier 7 min ago #54
Just bring a note from your boss saying you were just following orders. rubbersole 5 min ago #55

Ocelot II

(131,383 posts)
1. *A* reason? I can think of dozens, maybe hundreds.
Thu May 28, 2026, 12:15 PM
3 hrs ago

The articles of impeachment could be thicker than the Oxford English Dictionary.

Hey Joe

(833 posts)
30. Finding a reason to impeach Trump is about as
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:06 PM
1 hr ago

hard as finding a reason to abandon a burning garbage barge that is taking on water and heading for a 200 ft waterfall.

MadameButterfly

(4,191 posts)
47. It might be hard to find anything he has done that isn't impeachable
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:09 PM
23 min ago

The problem will be how to choose.

OLDMDDEM

(3,300 posts)
2. I would love to see him removed from office. I doubt it will happen, but a guy can hope, can't he?
Thu May 28, 2026, 12:16 PM
3 hrs ago

wnylib

(26,538 posts)
27. And then deported. Keep him in Alligator Alcatraz while
Thu May 28, 2026, 01:59 PM
1 hr ago

deciding where to send him.

pat_k

(13,952 posts)
37. We can never know what the future holds. However, as it becomes...
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:21 PM
1 hr ago

...clear that there is NO WAY OUT of the global and domestic chaos and escalating harms of his criminal war on Iran as long as he is in the White House, we could see some surprising developments.

The felon is incapable of sucking up the humiliating "deal" required

He knows that the only way out would paint a giant L for Loser on his forehead.

And he is constitutionally incapable of accepting a loss.

Remember the outtakes from his Jan 7, 2021 speech?

"But this election is now over..."

"I don't want to say the election is over."


Perhaps a year from now enough Republicans will finally wake up and realize that there is no way out as long as he is in the WH. Any resolutions will be vetoed. Perhaps enough will have had it to override, but perhaps not.

At some point, we'll see a succession of them tramping up to the WH and giving him a choice: Resign for health reasons to save face or you WILL be impeached and removed -- there are enough of us now.

Then J.D. will make the humiliating deal.

And who knows? Perhaps he'll be so pissed at the felon for putting him in that position that he releases the Epstein files without the Trump redactions.

Such a scenario would not surprise me in the least.

OLDMDDEM

(3,300 posts)
39. I would love to see that happen. You are probably right about the magats going to him to tell him tyo resign.
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:34 PM
59 min ago

It would take a crane to get him to do it and move him out of Washington, but it would be worth it for the country's sake.

pat_k

(13,952 posts)
48. I don't know how long they'll be able to ...
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:10 PM
23 min ago

... keep there fingers in their ears and sing "la la la" to enable them to hang onto the fantasy that the criminal war on Iran will magically end "any day now" and all will just "snap back" to some tolerable trumpian business as usual.

It may be that a few wake up before the mid-terms, but my guess is that it will take a combination of a mid-term rout and the grim one-year anniversary of his criminal and monumentally insane attack on Iran for enough of them to face reality. And that reality is that the crisis isn't Iran, the Crisis is Trump and his inability to take the loss -- his inability to suck up the humiliation of re-committing to Obama's treaty, shovelling 10x the amount of money at them that Obama did, and making a disastrous concession on the law of the sea to allow an "environmental fee" (i.e. toll).

Attilatheblond

(9,311 posts)
3. DEMs don't have to 'find' any reasons. The reasons have been mounting up in newpaper headlines & TV cryons.
Thu May 28, 2026, 12:16 PM
3 hrs ago

All DEMs will have to do is whittle down the evidence for charges addressing the MOST damaging things the rat has done to our nation.

ananda

(35,558 posts)
5. LOL... "find"?
Thu May 28, 2026, 12:25 PM
3 hrs ago

So many reasons already you'd have to
wear a blindfold not to find them.

GoodRaisin

(11,082 posts)
6. Yeah, he's given a lot of reasons to impeach him. But Dems should not make the election
Thu May 28, 2026, 12:43 PM
2 hrs ago

about impeachment. He would like that.

Stay on the economy and affordability.

Until there are enough Republican votes in the Senate to remove him from office, impeachment would be a waste of time and money. When the subject comes up we should say that.

wnylib

(26,538 posts)
28. Agree. The election campaigns should NOT ever
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:03 PM
1 hr ago

mention impeachment. That would play right into Trump's purple little hands.

He is mentioning impeachment now in order to motivate his base and MAGAs in Congress to make sure that Dems don't win.

MadameButterfly

(4,191 posts)
49. Yes, he's trying to make himself a victim along with the J6ers
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:13 PM
20 min ago

But mentioning his crimes in the interest of waking us up to the impending destruction of democracy, that needs to happen.
We need to win both houses or no more elections.

FakeNoose

(42,542 posts)
8. As if he doesn't deserve to be impeached ... is THAT his implication?
Thu May 28, 2026, 12:51 PM
2 hrs ago

There has never been a more deserving President in US history. He should have been convicted and removed in his 2nd impeachment - after the FAILED COUP of January 6th, 2021. If the Repukes had done their duty and convicted him, he never would have been able to run again for a 2nd term.

This is all on them - the Senate Repukes who didn't convict him in 2021.

wnylib

(26,538 posts)
29. No, not that he doesn't deserve impeachment, although
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:05 PM
1 hr ago

I am sure that's he believes he doesn't.

He is saying this now in order to rev up his base to vote and to get them to impede the Dem voters.

3catwoman3

(29,859 posts)
9. TSF should welcome a 3rd impeachment. He's always boasting about the most...
Thu May 28, 2026, 12:52 PM
2 hrs ago

...the biggest, the best, nobody's ever seen anything like it, etc.

He'd be beating his own record of being the only president to have been impeached twice.

Snackshack

(2,601 posts)
10. The reasons to....
Thu May 28, 2026, 12:54 PM
2 hrs ago

Impeach or even jail DJT are lying all over the floor like scraps of paper.

No one needs to look hard to 'find' a reason.

paleotn

(22,810 posts)
13. Find a reason? That's easy
Thu May 28, 2026, 01:10 PM
2 hrs ago

Take your pick. He adds to the list of impeachable offenses daily.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,739 posts)
14. Then stop giving them reason to
Thu May 28, 2026, 01:11 PM
2 hrs ago

When you surround yourself with sycophants and ass kissers, they're never going to warn you about boundaries.

jmowreader

(53,425 posts)
15. Y'know, guys...
Thu May 28, 2026, 01:14 PM
2 hrs ago

“Finding” a reason to impeach Trump is like “finding” the Empire State Building when you’re standing across the street from it.

AverageOldGuy

(4,224 posts)
16. "They'll find a reason to impeach me".
Thu May 28, 2026, 01:19 PM
2 hrs ago

"A" reason?? "A" is singluar.

How about "They'll find at least 100 reasons to impeach me".

Unwind Your Mind

(2,368 posts)
17. I'm reminded of a favorite movie quote
Thu May 28, 2026, 01:22 PM
2 hrs ago

“What? Like it’s hard?”

Elle on getting in to Harvard Law, Legally Blonde

Dr. T

(739 posts)
18. I like the concept of forcing him to pay back
Thu May 28, 2026, 01:28 PM
2 hrs ago

every last dime he's made from bald-faced bribes and insider trading. Review every emoluments clause violation and recover all of it.

Fil1957

(901 posts)
19. That's like a bank robber running off with the money saying "they'll find a reason to arrest me". Yeah, actually they
Thu May 28, 2026, 01:30 PM
2 hrs ago

will, 'cause you committed a crime, you doofus.

MineralMan

(151,645 posts)
21. Jebus! Enough!
Thu May 28, 2026, 01:40 PM
1 hr ago

Yes, he will be impeached. But, there still won't be 67 Senators who will vote to convict him.

Let's focus on something else. Let's focus on just regaining the majority in both houses and winning the Presidential election on 2028.

Let's not focus on impeaching the crooked actor in the White House. Let's pay attention to what we need to do to win in 2026 and 2028. If we can manage that, we might be able to undo some of the damage.

If all we look at is an impeachment, we're going to lose everything. That, I can guarantee. It has already happened twice, for Jebus's Sake!

Focus, folks. Focus!

chouchou

(3,345 posts)
26. When that happens, most of the populace will sing "Oh Happy Day"
Thu May 28, 2026, 01:57 PM
1 hr ago

I suggest his Mob should be paraded in cages down every city in America...With lots of rotten fruit and cartons of eggs.

We can pay Professional Major leagues pitchers to throw the Strikes!

Response to kentuck (Original post)

MissouriDem47

(445 posts)
32. "They Will Find A Reason"
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:07 PM
1 hr ago

The East Wing of the White House is currently laying in ruins, what other reasons do they need?

mdbl

(8,796 posts)
36. The greedy village idiot speaks again
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:16 PM
1 hr ago

He's done everything he can to make sure he would be impeached. That's what makes this GOP controlled congress all the more responsible for enabling his crimes against our country.

City Lights

(26,055 posts)
38. Stop committing crimes, Pedo Rapist, and you wouldn't get impeached.
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:26 PM
1 hr ago

But, Pedo Rapist is a lifelong criminal. Criming and grifting are all he knows.

Bettie

(19,914 posts)
41. When you openly engage in criminal activity
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:36 PM
56 min ago

every single day, it's not hard to find a reason.

It's slapping us in the face every day.

pat_k

(13,952 posts)
42. A majority support impeachment/removal, including 1 in 5 felon voters.
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:38 PM
55 min ago

Impeachment is a positive feature for a majority.

You can bet the numbers for impeachment will grow as the global and domestic chaos and harms of his criminal war on Iran escalate.

And those harms will escalate. He will NEVER suck up the humiliating "deal" required to extricate himself. He knows it would paint a big L for Loser on his forehead, and the psychopath is incapable of accepting loss.

He is already pivoting to "holding out is strength" (with the corollary that holding out a very long time is super-strength). He is attempting to manage expectations of the strait being opened before the mid-terms with his "I do not care about the mid-terms." Next he'll probably start citing the fact Obama's team took two years to negotiate the treaty. (Although he may be smart enough to avoid that given that it would just remind everyone he tore up that hard won treaty -- a treaty allies were on board with, unlike his criminal war.)

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/majority-backs-trump-impeachment-even-one-in-five-of-his-own-voters/

Out of the 1,514 Americans surveyed between April 10 and April 14, 37 percent said they opposed and eight percent reported they were unsure.


https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-22-strength-in-numbers-verasight-impeachment-polling

A new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll conducted April 10-14, 2026 finds 55% of U.S. adults say the House should vote to impeach Trump. 37% oppose, and 8% are unsure. A surprising percentage of both Republicans and Trump’s own 2024 voters say they would support impeachment if a vote were held today.

That net +18 verdict puts Trump in the neighborhood of the numbers Richard Nixon saw at the peak of the Watergate scandal in August 1974 — more on that comparison below. The toplines and crosstabs for this poll can be found on the Strength In Numbers website.l




ShepKat

(549 posts)
43. a million reasons - Lady Gaga
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:45 PM
48 min ago

You're givin' me a million reasons
Give me a million reasons
Givin' me a million reasons
About a million reasons

And if you say something that you might even mean
It's hard to even fathom which parts I should believe
'Cause you're giving me a million reasons
Give me a million reasons
Givin' me a million reasons
About a million reasons

Katinfl

(897 posts)
44. Even Nixon knew enough to resign before he would be impeached.
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:45 PM
48 min ago

He didn’t do half of what trump has done. Watergate is a walk in the park compared to trump’s corruption.

Escape

(528 posts)
46. If there are Republican congressmen directly involved in some of Trump's impeachable offenses...
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:06 PM
27 min ago

shouldn't they be recused from participating in the proceedings and in the final impeachment voting?

LiberalLovinLug

(14,768 posts)
51. One wonders how many of his souless cult members will fall for him as the "victim of a witchhunt" again?
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:17 PM
16 min ago

Which....if Dems do take the House...despite Trump's attempts to steal it, they will hopefully start hearings.

I think far fewer of Republicans will fall for that victim mentality again.

Progressive dog

(7,622 posts)
52. Lots of reasons to impeach convicted felon were already found
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:18 PM
14 min ago

along with lots of evidence to prove them the beyond a reasonable doubt.

whopis01

(3,934 posts)
53. The only thing that makes finding a reason to impeach him difficult
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:26 PM
7 min ago

is that you have to dig through a pile of reasons to impeach him in order to find the one you want.

It is like searching for a reason-to-impeach in a reason-to-impeach-stack.

tavernier

(14,529 posts)
54. Well, they will be hard to find.
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:26 PM
7 min ago

Oh, look… there’s one! And I’ll be, there’s another one. And wait… is that six more? Sixteen?? Oh dear. Looks like a pit full of squirmy hissing vipers. Oh my goodness, what is that huge crawly thing? It’s screaming!

Actually not as hard to find as I thought. But be careful… they all bite!

rubbersole

(11,289 posts)
55. Just bring a note from your boss saying you were just following orders.
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:28 PM
5 min ago

They'll find somebody who can translate it from Russian.

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