The question is: Why AREN'T Republicans willing to do their duty?

Why cover for Trump?

He's guilty, he's as much as admitted it. Bragged about it. There's more than enough cause to hold a rigorous trial. To examine the evidence, hear the witnesses.

What do they lose?

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As I've previously noted, if this was 1974, Republicans would have already gone to Trump and demanded his resignation.

What do Republicans lose if they do their duty, and throw Trump out of office?

What do they lose?

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What do Republicans lose if they stand up, declare they are putting America first, that the integrity of the office matters, that the president -- government -- must ALWAYS be held to a higher standard? And they demonstrate that ideal?

What do they lose?

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What do Republicans lose if they show themselves acting with courage, integrity, and a sense of duty?

What do they lose if they take charge of impeachment and lead from the front?

What do they lose if they demand the truth? Evidence? Witnesses?

What do they lose?

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What do Republicans lose if they stand up and show America, the world, that they are willing to do the right thing? Put country over party, duty over politics, truth over lies? Do they lose their jobs, or do they earn reelection out of RESPECT?

What do they lose?

5/

What do Republicans lose if they remove Trump from office for cause?

They don't lose the OFFICE. Instead they'd get President Pence, a hardcore Ultra-Christian conservative with a proven track record of right wing fanaticism.

So, what do they lose?

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What do Republicans lose?

If they remove Trump, they don't lose the White House. They don't lose the Senate. They don't lose the Supreme Court. They don't lose ANY of the conservative agenda they've passed so far.

So, what do they lose?

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What do Republicans lose?

They don't lose face. Just the opposite, they'd seize the moral high ground, yank the rug right out from under liberals, and take control of the situation. They'd be the leaders and kneecap Pelosi in one fell swoop.

So, what do they lose?

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What do Republicans lose?

It's not like if Republicans force Trump to resign they are suddenly going to have to get gay married to vegetarian Muslims, have an abortion, or stop shooting down black men in the street.

So, what DO they lose?

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What do Republicans lose?

If they remove Trump, rich people STILL won't have to pay taxes, we won't melt down all the aircraft carriers into universal healthcare, and Barack Obama still won't take their guns.

So, what DO they lose?

Because it must be SOMETHING.

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What DO Republicans lose if they own impeachment and remove Trump from office?

They lose TRUMP.

They lose an amoral bombastic fool, a patsy, that can be easily manipulated into implementing the very worst of their agenda WITHOUT getting their own hands dirty.

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More, they lose an excuse for their hate, their selfishness, their racism, their misogyny, their bigotry, their horrible religion, their wars, their greed, their fear. They lose a chump to blame for it all when the bill comes due.

They lose Trump.

THAT'S what they lose.

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