Kristi Noem impeachment plans ramp up
19h 30m ago by lemmy.world/u/MicroWave in politics from www.newsweek.com
Democrats are moving to impeach Secretary following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an (ICE) agent in Minneapolis.
On Wednesday, Democratic Congresswoman Robin Kelly of Illinois announced plans to remove Noem from office, citing her oversight of ICE operations.
"Secretary Kristi Noem is an incompetent leader, a disgrace to our democracy, and I am impeaching her," said Rep. Kelly in a press release.
The death of 37-year-old Good at the hands of a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis on January 7 has sparked outrage over the conduct of ICE agents. The agent allegedly involved in the incident has been identified in court records as Jonathan E. Ross.
My bet is that, even if she is impeached and convicted, she will remain in office E just like Lindsay Halligan. None of these shit stains are going anywhere without being physically removed.
Knowing that, it's important to note that you still have to try. Losing faith in the rule of law can be a self fulfilling prophecy.
Congress can try the rule of law since they're useless anyway, but your average person really has much better uses of their time than hoping it'll work, because it won't.
Yeah we should be focused on the backup plan. The only one I can come up with is millions gather in DC and physically remove these people from office. But I'm open to other ideas.
There are really no options I like at this point. Feels like America is in Russia mode, i.e. the story always goes, "things got worse". I can imagine some possibilities that have some hope, but not a lot.
A popular revolt with a significant percentage of the population could do it, but it would have to be like twice as big as the October No Kings protest to hit that 3.5 percent rule. Does that seem possible?
Short of that, the military could always display some backbone and decide it doesn't like being told to follow illegal orders. In order to appear impartial it might vacate each branch of government and refill the seats in turn, probably Congress and the house first, and hold snap elections, then have the new crowd put in new judges, then get new electors to hold a new presidential election. That would be a dangerous quagmire with permanent damage to our norms of self governance, but a hard reset done right could feasibly save some of the baby, as long as it gets rid of all the bathwater. I mix metaphors to cheer myself up sometimes. But you'd have to get rid of a lot of bathwater, and the geopolitical situation would go insane the whole time. I can't even begin to game that part out.
Sadly I don't see a normal "business as usual" way out. Voting harder in a broken system only gets you further into the casino, and the dealers are playing good cop-bad cop with us. Personally running for office is just an invitation to have your life ruined, either by financial ruin, death threats, stress, and/or losing to someone funded by oligarchs. I wouldn't wish a life in politics on anyone these days.
So yeah. Backup plans?
"Impeachment plans ramp up," "Democrats threaten legal action," "X slammed for Y" ... the consequences would certainly be devastating, if there were any ...
Dems are like that gif where the fucking truck never quite hits the barricade
They will backtrace. The consequences will never be the same.
Perhaps the idea is to pile up impeachment plans so high that they eventually collapse on their own and bury the criminal regime beneath them.
I was referencing an old meme as a joke. But I hope you are right.
Oh my gosh guys they made a plan!! And they're ramping their plan up! Im sure this will really make the ruling party fret. I bet theyre really worried about the consequences of their actions now. Im sure that if we impeach Kristi Noem everything will go back to normal and our jobs will be done. Dont protest guys. We got rid of Kristi Noem!
You know, this may become really heated. I mean we might even see Democrats contemplate thinking about drafting a strongly worded letter!
Somebody call Chuck.
I'm waiting for them to BLAST
Or SLAM
Put her impeachment in a bill for her Botox then we knows she’ll get it and cant ignore it! She’s an embarrassment to humans!
Get. Let’s see what republicans have the balls to do the right thing now.
They won’t. The GOP has always struggled to displease their father figure.
lol
If it gets to the Senate you might see Hawley vote to convict. Rumor has it he has sights on 2028 and is looking for some key daylight between him and Vance - from that perspective this seems like a self-serving no-brainer.
Now for 19 others (as long as that fucker Fetterman stays in line).
I've already contacted me legislators to state my support for impeachment. Recommend everyone does the same.
Chuck Grassley don't give a fuck.
Krusty Gnome god damn it. Call her by her proper name. Or Puppy Killer which ever you like.
Cruella
She should have been impeached for that fake face.