r/politics • u/RB_Reich Robert Reich • Sep 26 '19

Let’s talk about impeachment! I'm Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor, author, professor, and co-founder of Inequality Media. AMA. AMA-Finished

I'm Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor for President Clinton and Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. I also co-founded Inequality Media in 2014.

Earlier this year, we made a video on the impeachment process: The Impeachment Process Explained

Please have a look and subscribe to our channel for weekly videos. (My colleagues are telling me I should say, “Smash that subscribe button,” but that sounds rather violent to me.)

Let’s talk about impeachment, the primaries, or anything else you want to discuss.

Proof: https://i.imgur.com/tiGP0tL.jpg

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u/dougnn55 Sep 26 '19

What will it take for senate Republicans to jump on board?

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u/RB_Reich Robert Reich Sep 26 '19

As I said, public opinion -- especially among Republicans. Since Trump has positive approvals from about 88 percent of Republicans, it's unlikely that Republican opinion would swing against him -- but we don't know what else might be revealed. Anything is possible, especially with this man.

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u/N0Tapastor Sep 26 '19

A poll out today shows that only 49% of Republicans would oppose impeachment if the allegations are found to be true (which is the crux of it, I guess). https://today.yougov.com/opi/surveys/results#/survey/72f3bf66-dee3-11e9-b4a9-9f0e9e31e4a3/question/9b91b2b7-dee3-11e9-ba0e-c7fcd6994022/politics

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u/redpoemage I voted Sep 26 '19

Never underestimate what Republicans can convince themselves to be not true despite clear evidence though.

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u/DonyellTaylor Sep 26 '19

They're already true. That's the problem. All they're really saying is "If Fox decides to admit this is true..." which they never will, because it's a cult.

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u/DudflutAgain Sep 26 '19

I think the problem is that they can always be convinced to disbelieve it. We've seen a lot of the "if it's true, it's alarming" talk before

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u/seeasea Sep 26 '19

Its just as well because they can be for it"if he did it" because they already convinced themselves he's innocent

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u/nxqv I voted Sep 26 '19

Do you think his approval amongst Republicans is this insanely high because the Republicans who didn't support him have jumped ship, or has the GOP just fallen completely in line?

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u/Effect_And_Cause-_- Sep 26 '19

A little from column A and a little from column B. Also, there are a lot of 401k Republicans right now who only care about their monthly statement.

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u/__brunt North Carolina Sep 26 '19

I’m guessing the latter

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u/retreadz Sep 27 '19

Couldn't it be both?