This item is an extension to the previous post of The Case Against Impeachment *and deals with what may happen if the Democrats impeach the President. When the impeachment goes to the Senate for trial, there is no guarantee that the Leader of The Senate will bring the matter up for a vote. I feel that it is more likely that the Leader of The Senate will bring it up directly to a vote without discussion as he did for The Green New Deal.
An alternative to impeachment might be to Censure the President that was last used against President Andrew Jackson.** Democrats even proposed to censure President Clinton rather than impeach him though the Republicans weren't having any of it.
For a censure to pass the Senate, it would take 60 votes, a difficult hurdle to attain, but it might gain some Republican votes if brought up. Certainly Mitt Romney's comments amount to a censure. Some other Republican that might feel they have to vote for censure would be Susan Collins and Cory Gardner, perhaps among others.
* http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-case-against-impeachment.html
** http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/barring-impeachment-democrats-could-still-censure-trump.html
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