As Democrats keep collecting House seats like they're Pokémon, I just want to remind everyone that the threshold in the House to override a veto is 290 seats. Democrats won't get there, but look like they will definitely get past 260 and have an outside shot at 270. But if Trump starts vetoing popular things, it wouldn't be a stretch to see 20 or 30 Republican defectors out of the 170-ish Republicans left. That's less than 20%.
The path in the Senate is tougher, you need to get to 67. If Democrats win one of the last two seats, and Fetterman doesn't Fetterman, that means they have to get 12 of the remaining 45 Senators, or 27%.
There may be enough Republicans who are sick of tarrifs to push that through. There are definitely enough Republicans who are sick of the war to push that through. And the threshold for a veto override is actually higher than impeachment; if these overrides come through and he ignores them, then impeachment is the next logical step, no matter what Chuck and Hakeem say publicly now.
If this turns out to be Chuck's plan -- work with Republicans to publicly humiliate the President, and force him to accept "no" on his signature policies that are hurting Americans -- we may all look back on this in two years thinking he's a genius. (I still want him to retire, though....)
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