Star Member wasupaloopa (3,299 posts)
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Is duing "the right thing" re impeachment ok even if it costs us the House in 2020? If we give back
the red district House seats after we did "the right thing" will you feel justified?
Nancy doesn't think so.
Let's see what impeach and impeachment means.
impeachment
noun
the impeaching of a public official before an appropriate tribunal.
(in Congress or a state legislature) the presentation of formal charges against a public official by the lower house, trial to be before the upper house.
demonstration that a witness is less worthy of belief.
the act of impeaching.
the state of being impeached.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/impeachmentimpeach
verb (used with object)
to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
Chiefly Law. to challenge the credibility of:
to impeach a witness.
to bring an accusation against.
to call in question; cast an imputation upon:
to impeach a person's motives.
to call to account.
noun
Obsolete. impeachment.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/impeachIt means to accuse and bring charges. I do not see the word removal.