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Originally Posted by upthecreek
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She posted the quote on twitter out of context to draw attention to herself.
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Talking about the book Tribe co-authored, "To End A Presidency: The Power Of Impeachment," CNN’s Chris Cuomo noted it warns that "Democrats shouldn’t be rushing down the road of impeachment."
"But [impeachment] will be available only if we don’t use it loosely, and ring the bell every time something looks amiss," Tribe said. "You can’t be the boy who cried wolf and have a viable impeachment power. You can’t use it over and over again against the same president."
"If you’re going to shoot him, you have to shoot to kill," Tribe continued. "And that requires an overwhelming majority of a bipartisan kind. Otherwise, you’re just going to nick the guy, and make him feel empowered and vindicated."
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When he says "If you're going to shoot him" what he means is that if you're going to try to impeach him then you do it once and make a strong case. Otherwise, you just nick him and he becomes the Teflon Don.
