Posted: Jan 15, 2021 5:21 pm
The_Piper wrote:SafeAsMilk wrote:I guess I just don't understand what your point is, then. Could you sum it up for my dull, addled brain?
My point was for the thread, not you. That risk of safety concerns wasn't a good reason for Republicans not voting to impeach Trump. I understand it and I wouldn't want to open up my family to those threats either, but I'm not a representative. It's an unfortunate risk of the job. I wouldn't vote to re-elect someone who legislated according to personal risk. Though I'm sure I already have in the past, but when the choices are bad and worse, what's a person to do.
You probably wouldn’t be voting for them anyway since they are republican. So whether you think risk to their lives is a good enough reason or not is probably not part of their decision making. Whereas, how their constituents will vote, or increasing the odds of being killed by them, is. I don’t think “it’s part of the job” is reasonable, we’re not talking about celebrities complaining that have to deal with overzealous fans when they go grocery shopping.