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rodan in reply to @Lebowski

The Republicans will do nothing, they’re along for the ride now.

This article is good. Compares the actions of the party during Watergate with their inaction now.

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chez_jay in reply to @rodan

That article doesn't mention that after Nixon got rid of the special counsel, attorney general and deputy and it was promptly ruled illegal, it took 9 months and a 'smoking gun' tape for impeachment and Nixon resigning.

To save anyone looking it up on Wikpedia like I did, Nixon asked the AG, then the DAG to fire the special counsel, both resigned in protest. The head of Justice Dept acting as AG then carried out the order.

Oh and of course Nixon was promptly pardoned.

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rodan in reply to @chez_jay

Point is, the Republicans weren’t sitting around staring at the floor. Do you expect, if Trump followed the same path in firing Mueller, that the Current day Republicans would stop him, or that there would be consequences that ended in impeachment?

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