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Texas Senate rejects all motions to dismiss Ken Paxton impeachment charges
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this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2023
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There's a lesson here for the people who want to use Trumpiness to attain political power: if you're not actually Trump, it won't work.
Whatever "it" is, Trump has "it." It's to the extreme detriment of our entire nation and world, but there we are. Ken Paxton definitely doesn't have "it." I haven't seen any sparkle of "it" in the other 2024 Presidential candidates (from either party).
The problem with trying to be Trump but not is that whatever deviation one makes will alienate Trump's cult and reveal the weakness of Trumpism from a political point of view for traditional Republican politicians. They'll turn on fake Trumps instantly.
I don't know if Trump is going to go down for his crimes, but a lot of his crew will be, because none of them have whatever "it" is. I hope that the juries will take their job seriously and ignore any non fact based stuff from Trump. Who knows. Twelve is a lot of people...