27th July 2019, 9:59 AM
So, Mueller testified... and nothing changed -- Trump and his cronies are still spewing lies about how Mueller "exonerated" him, the Democats are still struggling with the question of whether to impeach or not, and only a few more Dems in the House support impeachment than did before. Of course, part of that is on Mueller, since just like he promised his testimony wasn't the most useful to either side as he refused to answer most questions with more than a word or two, often variations on 'no comment', but still there were some important and revealing moments, and despite the frustration overall I do think the testimony helped the cause of impeachment.
Of course, impeaching Trump won't do all that much politically since the Senate will not remove him, but I absolutely still think it's crucial to impeach him despite that, the statement that our democracy will be defended is critically important.
As for 2020, it could go either way, Trump could get re-elected or we could win easily. How much foreign interference there is is a factor, I don't know if we'll ever know how legitimate the 2016 vote was, particularly in terms of Russian hackers potentially deleting people from voter rolls and such... and they will do it again, since Trump and his Russia-aligned backers like McConnell have decided that democracy isn't important, only ensuring a continued hold on power is. The way McConnell is blocking any anti-foreign-interference laws is despicable. (On that note though, it is interesting how Republican Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Burr is at least a little better on this issue -- the Senate Intelligence Committee just released a report on foreign hacking saying it absolutely is and was going on.)
Of course, impeaching Trump won't do all that much politically since the Senate will not remove him, but I absolutely still think it's crucial to impeach him despite that, the statement that our democracy will be defended is critically important.
As for 2020, it could go either way, Trump could get re-elected or we could win easily. How much foreign interference there is is a factor, I don't know if we'll ever know how legitimate the 2016 vote was, particularly in terms of Russian hackers potentially deleting people from voter rolls and such... and they will do it again, since Trump and his Russia-aligned backers like McConnell have decided that democracy isn't important, only ensuring a continued hold on power is. The way McConnell is blocking any anti-foreign-interference laws is despicable. (On that note though, it is interesting how Republican Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Burr is at least a little better on this issue -- the Senate Intelligence Committee just released a report on foreign hacking saying it absolutely is and was going on.)