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Originally Posted by Fuzz
It's going to be devastating between November and January when bitter lame duck Trump sites there, refusing to do anything, claiming COVID is "Biden's problem now" while Americans suffer and die as this crisis ramps up to horrible levels.
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There's some interesting ways that it could go. If Trump is just burning everything down on his way out, and the Democrats win both the House and the Senate, they could set themselves up to re-impeach over his actions in early January (new congress is sworn in Jan 3rd). The threshold for removal from office is still really high, but there might be a handful of Republicans who want to distance themselves from Trump at that point and see turfing him as an immediate action.
I'm not sure how business carries over between the two terms? Could the house write up articles of impeachment in December, and then deliver them to the Senate once the new congress sits? Or does the changeover essentially wipe the slate clean?
At the very least, the threat of re-impeachment might be enough to slow Trump down a little.