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Democrat says Trump is ‘stealing’ from taxpayers and could be impeached if Republicans lose control of Congress (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca -1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Democrats didn't control the Senate all those other times.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Stop making excuses. The caucus had a majority from 2020 to 2022.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Republicans controlled the Senate in 2020...and after that, Biden was president until 2024.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Yes, and during the time democrats had a majority, they did fucking nothing to bring him to justice.

To hear you talk about it, you'd think there is no such thing as a democratic majority ever.