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/SwiftyShores Sep 26 '19

Do you expect any Republican senators to come out in support of impeachment (either in support of the House vote and/or in favor of conviction), and if so, how many, and who?

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u/RB_Reich Robert Reich Sep 26 '19

Right now, Romney looks possible. Also Sasse. Perhaps Collins. I have heard from my "sources" that, if the vote were secret, 30 Republican Senators would already vote to impeach him.

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u/Ashken Sep 26 '19 edited Sep 26 '19

Why does it have to be a secret? Are Republicans really putting their image ahead of a constitutional crisis?

I realized how silly that question was as I was typing it...

Edit: I have a more nuanced question.

Seeing as how the Senate support of Trump is (more than likely) by proxy of their constituents, I think a much better question is: How come this isn't an action by Trump that even his base would frown upon? Obviously if a Dem president were doing this they would be absolutely livid. But, I would be too, as this should be a bipartisan issue. I could never see myself supporting a President so much that literally anything that they do in office is 100% tolerable. The moment the President does something as damning as this, I would rescind my support for them immediately, Republican or Democrat. What are we are actually seeing in our society right now? How is it that the President can damn near get away with murder and still be so heavily supported by the people?

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u/expressly_ephemeral Sep 27 '19

I keep hearing people tell me it's a mistake to dismiss the Trump supporter as a moron. I can't figure out why they can't independently compare what their response would be if Obama did this with their response today. I'm thinking it's maybe not a mistake to dismiss them as morons.