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Republicans in Wisconsin are threatening to impeach a recently elected state Supreme Court justice and raised the possibility of doing the same to the state’s election director.

A Georgia Republican called for impeaching the Fulton County prosecutor who brought racketeering charges against former President Donald Trump. Republicans in the Pennsylvania House have already impeached the top prosecutor in Philadelphia.

None of the targets met the bar traditionally set for impeachment — credible allegations of committing a crime while in office. Their offense: staking out positions legislative Republicans didn’t like.

As Republicans in Congress begin their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, the process is calling attention to the increasing use of impeachment in the states as a partisan political weapon rather than as a step of last resort for officeholders believed to have committed a serious offense.

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[-] flossdaily@lemmy.world 170 points 1 year ago

That headline makes it sound like both sides are doing this. That's just simply untrue.

Democrats impeached Trump twice for high crimes that they could clearly articulate, and for which there was abundant evidence in the public record. There was even limited bipartisan support for both of these.

Republicans are the only ones who are weaponizing baseless impeachments.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 49 points 1 year ago

They're children that learned a new word, so they're using it in every sentence.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They're ~~children~~ fascists that learned ~~a new word~~ unwritten rules don’t matter, so they're using it ~~in every sentence~~ to subvert democracy.

[-] spider@lemmy.nz 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Republicans are the only ones who are weaponizing baseless impeachments.

They're apparently trying to normalize impeachment so that it's not regarded as seriously as it once was.

More validation for Trump, basically.

[-] Kleinbonum@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They're doing two things:

  • They're trying to make Trump's impeachments appear less severe than they were, and
  • Use impeachments to remove democratically elected officials from office without cause.
[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but "both sides". We need to be "objective" here and strive for "balance". Pointing out the party obviously behaving badly is so UNFAIR.

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