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Why don't Americans impeach Trump?
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Trump's party has a majority in both Congressional houses. Also, for impeachment to become a conviction, you need 2/3 of the vote in the Senate to get Trump pushed out of office. That will require several of Trump's party's senators to vote for impeachment. During the last Trump impeachment, only one of Trump's party voted for impeachment and he is no longer a senator.
I thought the law required equal bipartisan representation across the board. Did Trump somehow circumnavigate that law?
A Senate impeachment trial is effectively a vote of the Senate. It doesn't require bipartisanship.