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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.

[-] Wrench@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep. Republicans forced a groundless recall vote on Newsom that cost the state $200m. Party of fiscal responsibility my ass.

[-] Unaware7013@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

They're only 'fiscally responsible' when they're not in charge and someone wants to spend money on something other than the MIC and their donors. When they're in charge, anything for killing people and making rich people even richer is somehow 'fiscally responsible' then.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Over the past two years, Republicans also have sought to pry Democrats and nonpartisan executives from office through recalls, legislative maneuvers and forced removals, even when no allegations of wrongdoing have surfaced.

On Friday, the state’s Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to the gerrymandered maps on a partisan 4-3 vote, with the new justice declining to step aside, thereby increasing the chances of an impeachment.

A panel of lower-court judges split on the legality of impeaching Krasner, who was reelected overwhelmingly in 2021, but issued a lead opinion casting doubt on the charges.

It said they failed to meet the constitutional requirement that reserves impeachment for “misbehavior in office.” The state Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in the case for late November.

After Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis brought charges against Trump and 18 others for trying to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results, some state legislative and congressional Republicans called for the Legislature to impeach her.

Gavin Newsom handily defeated a 2021 recall attempt staged by Republicans, who have not won a statewide office in years and based their campaign on the governor’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic.


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[-] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's fine, it's always projection. For every person they try to impeach in our side, we will probably get someone actually impeached or removed from office on thier side for actual cause.

I don't know why they're constantly sharing their ammunition with us but it's kind of a sweet gesture.

[-] treefrog@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

It's not fine in WI, though there is a lot of politics at play that may make it turn out okay.

The WI GoP has a super majority and can easily impeach our new justice. They might choose not to. Because it's bad optics for those few that care about those things. But the speaker or whatever position Vos has, is pushing pretty hard for it.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Does tort apply to Impeachment? 'Cos that would be funny af.

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