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James Comey testified earlier this week about Donald Trumps apparent attempt to obstruct justice, and once again the word impeach is showing up in my Facebook feed.

It might seem like there has to be an end to this, that this cataclysm of awful and probably true accusations will break the system. The problem is that the system only breaks if people are motivated to break it.

Impeachment is the word people run to, but its important to remember a few simple truths about the possibility of Trump being impeached:

I want to focus on the third. Maybe its because Pence actually had a job in politics before becoming Vice President that he seems less destructive than Trump. But thats unlikely.

There is very little ideological diversity in the GOP. There may have been a couple dozen Republican primary candidates in 2016, but it wasnt because there was much disagreement about policy.

Pence appears to pride himself on his conservative orthodoxy. I could go through the issues with Pence like his staunch and long-standing opposition to LGBTQ rights but this comment from last week about climate change sums it up:

For some reason or another, this issue of climate change has emerged as a paramount issue for the left in this country and around the world, Pence said during an appearance on Fox & Friends.

Pences identity is so dependent on being conservative that he sees predictions of millions dying as an issue for the left. Someone like that isnt going to break ranks with the GOP on anything important, just as Trump isnt going to break ranks with the GOP.

For different reasons, Fox News rules both of their worlds.

That said, there are minor points of competence, and it hardly seems possible that Pence would be more incompetent than Trump.

On the other hand, one of the reasons the transition to the Trump Administration has been so slow is Trumps laziness when it comes to appointing people to jobs. Trumps inability to stick to a single topic makes passing sweeping legislation hard. While he might accidentally start a war with a country just because he doesnt really know whats going on, theres a case to be made against competence.

Anyway, this topic is really just academic. Trump is only leaving office if he chooses to or if he gets voted out in 2020.

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