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/IHateFascism Sep 26 '19

In your professional opinion, will President Trump be impeached?

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u/RB_Reich Robert Reich Sep 26 '19

It's likely the House will impeach him, but I very much doubt the Senate will convict him -- because the Senate is in Republican hands. There's always the possibility that more damaging information will come out about Trump -- damaging enough that Senate Republicans will vote to convict him.

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u/thedrew Sep 26 '19

Neither party has held a super-majority in the Senate for over 50 years. So you will almost always need bipartisan support for removal from office. What was the crossed line that moved Republicans against Nixon in 1974?

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u/mlw72z Georgia Sep 27 '19

Nixon resigned before he was even impeached by the house of representatives or convicted by the senate. It was widely thought that he would be convicted had he not resigned. I think the line was crossed easier then because politicians on both sides of the aisle had more honor and dignity than those from today.