GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy says Trump should drop out of the 2024 presidential race

They got Clinton for lying about cheeting on his wife, only after trying to get him for Whitewater but failed. Ken Star used his powers to investigate ANYTHING but only found a secret blowjob. If Clinton hadn't lied, there would have been absolutely nothing he could prove in court. Not saying that the Clintons were/are clean, just that there's nothing to pin a conviction on.

The Georgia one is pretty dry compared to the Special Counsel ones.

I still read it ofc, but it was kinda dry.

He did a long time ago. But having human characteristics doesn't seem to be among the criteria under consideration for Republicans when choosing a candidate for President.

I was about to say! Just waiting for the jump cut to next spring when this guy is officially endorsing Trump for the nomination.

Cassidy was one of the few Republican votes to impeach after Jan 6th.

Honestly, I worry most about what would happen if the GOP unites behind someone that isn't Trump in name (ie, with Trump completely out of the picture), but is effectively the same person. I think Trump doesn't have a chance of winning the general election. He's too despicable for anyone with even a little bit of morals. But a replacement could give right leaning people an excuse to vote for the GOP again, even if the replacement is basically just the same thing but less overt.

Pssh. Mao, Mohammed, Jesus leave him in the dust.

If he drops out, he can't get elected and pardon himself. He's trying to save himself at this point. Although no pardon would help him in Georgia. The president can't pardon state-level crimes.

I think there's a very small possibility he won't be on the Georgia ballot for legal reasons, but I don't think he'll drop out.

Nope. Bury him under Leavenworth.

He attempted to end our country.

He stole documents that probably got a ton of assets killed in enemy countries.

He stole documents that had highlighted our capabilities and readiness, as well as our allies.

Bury him under Leavenworth after he dies making little rocks out of big rocks.

Letting Nixon quit rather than be empeached and imprisoned is why so many republicans, rightfully, think they're completely above the law.

I'm not going to downvote you for saying something I disagree with like everyone else seems to be doing, but I think that would be a way worse outcome for a variety of reasons.

1. The most obvious: Trump escapes punishment for his crimes. One if not the central issue here is that no one should be above the law and if we fail to convict and punish a president who commits crimes, we demonstrate that some people are indeed above the law. Holding him criminally accountable is therefore a test of the very integrity of our judicial system.

2. If we "trade" Trump a clean slate for his promise (or somehow a legally enforceable agreement, although I'm not sure there's any real legal ground for that) to stay out of politics, then we demonstrate that this whole thing really is about politics, not justice, and the Right's view of this whole thing is validated.

3. Trump is wily enough that he will find a way to continue having an influence over politics even without the ability to tweet or use other social media or public statements. One of the benefits of putting him in prison is that he can't do this anywhere near as easily.

4. Trump's base will consider his freedom a win and accept any explanation he provides them for why it was a "good deal" for them as well. He can then choose any proxy candidate he cares for and his base will obediently vote for them in Trump's place, creating a puppet president. Again, this is not so easily done if he's in prison.

5. Voters of all stripes could see this as a sign of weakness in the Biden administration or an indication that the cases against Trump really were flimsier than the media has been reporting. This could potentially affect how people vote or voter turnout in 2024.

Overall, I think it's a no-brainer: we have to prosecute Trump to the best of our ability. Failure to do so proves our judicial system is broken and leaves Trump free to continue to influence politics. The GOP will remain the Trump Party for as long as he is alive and able to speak cogently. No, for the good of our country and our political system, we need to give him what he deserves. We're at a very precarious moment in our history right now, wherein close to half of our country has abandoned reason and empiricism in favor of blind loyalty to a demagogue. In 20 years, our history must reflect that we didn't cave or compromise with this insanity and instead asserted that truth and justice are vitally important to us as a nation. I don't care if it hurts half the nation's feelings. Hopefully, in 20 years, those people's children will grow up to know their parents were sadly deluded by their own prejudices and political biases, and we may yet see the return of a sane conservative populace.

This is not a smart idea, his Qult will just treat that as "big government" censoring their Messiah, and he would never stick to it, he's far too narcissistic for that.

Also he's 77, in poor health, there's so many people who were involved in the election theft attempt and January 6 who are much younger and need to be prosecuted as they are lingering threats to our democracy.

Would you let a murderer off if they promised to never kill again?

Oh hell no.

You're getting downvoted, but you're right. It's a dangerous precedent to imprison former presidents. There's plenty of reason to imprison Trump but Republicans will seek revenge for the next 40 years.