Broken America: A Wikibox 1964 TL

[AdrianoChika]

Impeachment?​

While the accusations against Trump were made worldwide, within the United States the situation was even more chaotic. While Vice President Don Fuqua gave interviews on television and said he was ashamed of the recent acts of Donald Trump, Democrats and Republicans began to feed an idea.

Congressional GOP leader Donald Rumsfeld stated that President Donald Trump no longer had any moral, social, or human condition to serve as President of the United States.

The former president and leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate, Bobby Kennedy, reinforced the speech Rumsfeld the day, declaring that "it is inevitable that for the good of the nation Donald Trump can not be our president. He's a genocide. "

Former presidential candidate George H. W. Bush was the first to use the word that dominated President Trump's future on the national network: "We must begin an Impeachment process. If your own Cabinet does not take courage and keeps it there, Congress will not stand still. A multi-party group of congressmen is already producing an indictment against the President for Abuse of Power. "

And Impeachment printed the covers of every newspaper for the rest of the week. Even the nuclear bombs left the limelight and became just the background to talk about Impeachment.

The debate became even more heated after the UN condemned President Trump for his actions, calling for drastic measures to be taken to repair the damage already done and to stop the danger of further insanity.

But there was one big problem for Donald Trump's Impeachment: the Senate. It took a vote of 67 senators to remove Donald Trump from power. The Democrats and Republicans had won 60 seats in the last election. It would be necessary to persuade 7 Trump party members to abandon their president.

And Senator Strom Thurmond warned everyone: "The Impeachment of President Donald Trump, if he ever gets in the Senate, will not pass."

Some potential AIP senators who would support Impeachment were quoted in the press: Paula Hawkins, Bob Barr, John Anderson, Harry Hughes and Phil Gramm, but after Thurmond's statements, even the support of these five senators had been questioned.

And on the same day that a request for Donald Trump's Impeachment for Abuse of Power was presented at the House Judiciary Committee, the opposition's small hopes were overturned.

Arizona Governor Evan Mecham appointed State Senator Joe Arpaio, an ardent supporter of Trump, to the seat of Senator John McCain. And in Arkansas, Governor William Vollie Alexander Jr. appointed a young state senator, Mike Huckabee, another Trump supporter. With the replacement of McCain and Bill Clinton by two AIP senators, the block that supported Trump's Impeachment needed 9 votes from the President's party.

Despite hopelessness, Trump's Impeachment passed, after some investigations, by the House Judiciary Committee and was put to a vote by the entire House.

The result, though expected, was shameful for President Trump. 296 Congressmen voted Yes, 97 voted No. All Democrats and Republicans, plus 21 AIP members, voted for Trump's Impeachment. 42 AIP congressmen did not vote.

That night President Trump grumbled on television: "The Senate will save me. The enemies of America failed to take this coup in my brave and courageous government. And those of my party who betrayed me will be punished by the voters! "

 

[AdrianoChika]

Guilty or Not Guilty​

In closed doors the Senate discussed and heard witnesses about Trump's Impeachment. Just a formality, of course. The real war was to convince as many senators as possible of the IYP to support the impeachment of President Trump. It took nine senators.

The sessions in the Senate were chaired by Chief Justice Harry Blackmun, who was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Rockefeller. President Trump provided interviews throughout the day of the trial, boasting that the coup plotters would be defeated and that his government would continue to grow stronger and more popular.

The President was obviously unaware that his approvals were the worst in recent history. But he was probably right in the fact that the Senate would save him.

And on that cloudy day of August 1993, while everyone waited for the President's victory and cheered for his defeat, the whole country stopped to watch the Senators vote. Or at least those who had the courage to vote.

-Good afternoon to all, at this moment the Impeachment vote of President Trump will begin. Recalling that in order to be approved it will be necessary for 67 senators to declare the President Guilty. If all Democrats and Republicans vote as expected, it will take 9 AIP members to approve the Impeachment.

Senator Daniel Akaka: Guilty

Senator Lamar Alexander: Abstention for particular reasons

- It seems that analysts were correct in predicting that several AIP senators would refrain from helping, or overthrowing, President Trump.

Senator Maryon Pittman Allen: Not Guilty

Senator John B. Anderson: Guilty

- Anderson is the first AIP senator to declare President Trump Guilty, 8 more are needed.

Senator Joe Arpaio: Not Guilty

- Arpaio was appointed a few weeks ago to the Senate to occupy the seat of the late John McCain.

Senator Bob Barr: Guilty

- There are already two Guilty votes coming from the AIP. At this moment we have 3 Guilty x 2 Not Guilty.

Senator Max Baucus: Guilty

Senator Birch Bayh: Guilty

Senator Ezra Taft Benson: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Joe Biden: Guilty

Senator Lindy Boggs: Not Guilty

Senator Kit Bond: Guilty

Senator Jerry Brown: Guilty

Senator Quentin Burdick: Guilty

Senator Conrad Burns: Guilty

Senator George W. Bush: Guilty

Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Dick Celeste: Guilty

Senator John Chafee: Guilty

Senator William Cohen: Guilty

Senator Larry Craig: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Tom Daschle: Guilty

Senator Hal Daub: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Dennis DeConcini: Guilty

Senator Chris Dodd: Guilty

Senator Bob Dole: Guilty

Senator Pete Domenici: Guilty

Senator Byron Dorgan: Guilty

Senator Michael Dukakis: Guilty

Senator John Durkin: Guilty

Senator Mickey Edwards: Not Guilty

Senator Susan Engeleiter: Guilty

Senator Jerry Falwell: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Russ Feingold: Guilty

Senator Scott Garrett: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Sam Gibbons: Guilty

- This is the third AIP Senator to support Impeachment. Gibbons is in the same state as Fuqua. More needed 6 betrayals in AIP.

Senator Slade Gordon: Guilty

Senator Phil Gramm: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Chuck Grassley: Guilty

Senator Judd Gregg: Guilty

Senator Bo Gritz: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Gary Hart: Guilty

Senator Orrin Hatch: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Mark Hatfield: Guilty

Senator Paula Hawkins: Guilty

- Paula Hawkins is the 4th Guilty vote among AIP members, 5 more are needed.

Senator Chich Hecht: Guilty

Senator John Heinz III: Guilty

Senator Jesse Helms: Not Guilty

Senator Carrol Hubbard: Guilty

- Hubbard is the 5th required vote to oust President Trump.

Senator Mike Huckabee: Not Guilty

Senator Harry Hughes: Guilty

- At present, only 3 more AIP votes are needed to overthrow the President..

Senator Skip Humphrey: Guilty

Senator Jim Hunt: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Daniel Inouye: Guilty

Senator Jim Jeffords: Guilty

Senator Ed Jones: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Dirk Kempthorne: Guilty

Senator Robert Kennedy: Guilty

Senator John Kerry: Guilty

Senator Ed Koch: Guilty

Senator Ted Kulongoski: Guilty

Senator Frank Lautenberg: Guilty

Senator Patrick Leahy: Guilty

Senator Trent Lott: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Richard Lugar: Guilty

Senator Barbara Mikulski: Guilty

Senator Zell Miller: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator George Mitchell: Guilty

Senator Alan Mollohan: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Sonny Montgomery: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Frank Murkowski: Guilty

Senator Parry Murray: Guilty

Senator Don Nickles: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Clairbone Pell: Guilty

Senator Larry Pressler: Guilty

Senator John Rarick: Not Guilty

Senator Maureen Reagan: Guilty

Senator Harry Reid: Guilty

Senator Pat Robertson: Not Guilty

Senator Tommy Robinson: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Lenore Romney: Guilty

Senator William Roth Jr.: Guilty

Senator Harrison Schmitt: Guilty

Senator Phyllis Schlafly: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Alan K. Simpson: Guilty

Senator Virginia Smith: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Gene Snyder: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Joe Sobran: Guilty

- Only 2 more AIP Senators need to support Impeachment. Hope begins to spread in opposition.

Senator Arles Specter: Guilty

Senator Harley Orrin Staggers: Not Guilty

Senator Ted Stevens: Guilty

Senator Robert A. Taft Jr.: Guilty

Senator Tom Tauke: Abstention for particular reasons

Senator Strom Thurmond: Not Guilty

Senator Lurleen Wallace: Not Guilty

Senator Malcolm Wallop: Guilty

Senator Albert Watson: Not Guilty

Senator Lowell P. Weicker: Guilty

Senator Richard Williamson: Guilty

Senator Larry Winn: Abstention for particular reasons

- President Donald Trump defeated the Impeachment for the shameful score of 65-12. 7 AIP senators have declared the president Guilty for the crime of Abuse of Power, while 23 Senators abstained from voting.

 

[AdrianoChika]

October​

By early October, the general perception of Donald Trump was as bad as at the apex of Impeachment: lousy, horrible, toxic. Despite this, Trump clung to the White House, spending his days thinking about how to rescue his popularity.

On the international scene, Ayatollah Khomeini took advantage of the role of defenseless victims, with most of the countries in the world on their side. He did not need a war to win, all he needed was for Donald Trump to be the enemy.

Several European leaders visited Iran's new capital, Mashdad, to discuss and negotiate financial aid to the elderly Ayatollah to rebuild Tehran.

In Iraq, the situation was different. Khomeini fulfilled his pledge of allegiance, working to have his former enemy recognized as the legitimate ruler of Iraq, but at this point some countries did not feel confident, at least not as long as American troops remained in the country.

A proposal by Khomeini and Hussein to the international community was that the United States would withdraw all its troops from Iraqi territory and be replaced by a minimum number of troops from a neutral country, who would remain in the country until democratic elections were held, where would allow Saddam to be a candidate.

It was a risky proposition, but as the role of the victim of the two countries had spread, many were tempted to support it. The only one who strongly disagreed with this idea was Donald Trump.

Trump would not accept it more than if he were talking about election polls inside the White House. He called all the pollsters liars and scammers. He believed that the 1993 gubernatorial elections would show their immense support.

-Huge landslide in Virginia. And believe me, we'll win big in New Jersey.



President Trump Approval

Approve 13%

Disapprove 81%


Gubernatorial ’93 Predictions:

New Jersey – Tossup D/R

Democrat Governor James Florio faces Christine Todd Whitman. The race is considered a complete tossup. Senator Scott Garrett is running for AIP, but analysts say his goal is only to test his post-Trump performance for re-election in 1996. Garrett is a non-factor in the race.


Virginia – Tossup D/R

The run to succeed Governor Pat Buchanan is a tossup between George Allen and Don Beyer. Unlike New Jersey, AIP candidate Norman Sisisky is only a few points away from the main dispute.

 

[AdrianoChika]

1993 Gubernatorial Election​

In 1993 everyone, with the exception of President Trump, knew that the AIP would be crushed. Despite this, both New Jersey and Virginia states had a tight dispute between the Democratic candidate and the Republican candidate.

In New Jersey, Democratic Governor James Florio faced popular candidate Christine Todd Whitman and Senator Scott Garrett. Unfortunately for Garrett, Donald Trump endorsed him strongly and made an active campaign for him in the state. By a narrow margin, Governor Florio was defeated , with Garrett not exceeding 5%.

But in Virginia, the AIP candidate did better than Garret. With a greater than expected advantage, Democrat Don Beyer defeated George Allen, with Sisisky taking a respectable third place. With this result, a long cycle ended with the AIP ruling Virginia.

In the end, the AIP lost a state, the GOP gained a state and the Democrats had a net gain of 0 states. The division was now 22 states for the AIP, 18 for the Democrats and 10 for the GOP.

 

[AdrianoChika]

The long beginning of 1994​

The early months of 1994 were perhaps the longest the American nation had ever seen. Everyone only thought and hoped for a single day: November 8, 1994. This would be the day the AIP would be crushed at the polls and that the most unpopular and controversial president of the country would begin to suffer an Impeachment .

It was a consensus among all newspapers in contact with Democratic and Republican leaders. Unless a miracle happened and the country voted again on AIP Senators, Congress would initiate a new Impeachment process and appoint the President.

Donald Trump has become increasingly erratic. Disbelieved by all, he was avoided by most of his party members. The only thing keeping him in the presidency was still the orders of Senator Strom Thurmond and George Wallace, who believed that an Impeachment supported by the AIP would be even worse for the party.

As the world and the country grew accustomed, and even anticipated, to the post-Trump era, Donald still refused to see the end. The President maintained his conviction that the investigations were wrong and instructed his few congressmen still loyal to talk about amending the 22nd Amendment so that it could run for a third term, a goal that became a national joke. The president's approval varied between 11% and 16%.

Iraq's troops were almost completely withdrawn, despite the President's displeasure, and international organizations were already organizing the Iraqi Election to be held in February 1995.

And as the slow months of 1994 passed and elections approached each day, the country became more and more anxious.

 

[AdrianoChika]

1994 Senate Election​

In 1994, 35 seats of the Senate were in dispute, being 7 of them occupied by the Democrats, 11 by the AIP and 17 by the GOP. This year was expected to be a bloodbath of the AIP, but many competitive races made it uncertain which would be the biggest party late in the evening.

In both seats with special elections, due to the murder of John McCain and Bill Clinton, the respective widows of the senators were elected. In Arkansas, Hillary Clinton was elected with the largest vote of a Democrat in the South in many years, unopposed by the Republican party and crushing Senator Huckabee. In Arizona, Cindy McCain won an easy victory, with Senator Joe Arpaio not reaching 10% of the vote.

In Florida Senator Sam Gibbons, to avoid a defeat, did not run for re-election. AIP candidate Earl Hutto appeared in 3rd in all polls, with a fierce contest between Connie Mack III and Lawton Chiles. In the end, Connie Mack III won by a narrow margin.

In California, popular Senator Maureen Reagan won re-election with more than 60 percent of the vote, becoming the Senator who received the most votes in the country.

In Michigan, Senator Lenore Romney, showing advanced signs of age, announced that she would not run for re-election. Lenore announced that she would devote herself to the care of her husband George, who was probably the most popular man in the state. George Romney had served Michigan as Senator and Governor for several terms, in addition to being a national figure, having been a candidate for Vice President in 1964 as well as Vice President from 1969 to 1973, and lost the 1976 election to Thomas McIntyre. The couple's son, Mitt Romney, easily won the election to succeed his mother, while Democrats and the AIP accused him of nepotism.

In addition, several high profile national senators were reelected in 1994 as the leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate, former President Bobby Kennedy, former presidential candidate Orrin Hatch, and George Bush, son of the twice-defeated presidential candidate George HW Bush.

In addition to the defeats in Florida, Arizona and Arkansas, the AIP suffered defeats in several other states. In West Virginia, Jay Rockefeller was elected. In Virginia, Senator Jerry Falwell was defeated by Douglas Wilder. In Maryland, Senator Harry Hughes was defeated by Parris Glendening. In Tennessee, Senator Ed Jones was defeated by Don Sundquist. In Missouri, Senator Phyllis Schlafly was defeated by a 10 percent margin by Pat Danner, making it the first time in history that a seat of the Senate was occupied by three women successively since Leonor Sullivan in 1976. At the AIP, only Senators Orrin Hatch and Trent Lott were re-elected.

By the end of the night, the AIP had won a net loss of 9 seats, with the Democrats having a net gain of 5 seats and the GOP of 3.

 

[AdrianoChika]

1994 House of Representatives Election​

If the AIP bloodbath in the Senate was great, the House was gigantic. The party lost almost two-thirds of its seats, and even James Traficante was defeated. Virtually all of the party seats outside the South were lost as well as several in the South.

The Democrats and the GOP made big gains across the country. In California and Texas alone, the two parties have won more than 20 seats. A bloodbath.

 

[AdrianoChika]

1994 Gubernatorial Election​

In 1994, 36 states would choose their governors. Of these 36 states, 15 were governed by the AIP, 14 by the Democrats and only 7 by the GOP.

In Alabama, Lurleen Wallace won the election by a large margin, with Wallace's popularity far outpacing Donald Trump's unpopularity. Lurleen also announced that this would be the last election she would contest.

In Colorado, the extremely popular presidential candidate defeated, Pat Schroeder, won by a margin of more than 20% his opponents, with the current governor Tom Tancredo being in 3rd place.

In California, Governor Clint Eastwood decided not to run for re-election, meaning defeat was certain. With the support of the Reagan family, Republican Chris Cox was elected. In Florida, Governor Anita Bryan was defeated by Republican John Mica by a margin of only 2%.

In Illinois, Governor Phil Crane, though moderately popular, had his chances destroyed by Trump's unpopularity in the state. Among the Democrat and GOP primaries were Richard M. Daley, the controversial mayor of Chicago, and Dennis Hastert, another controversial candidate. In the course of the campaign, favoritism Daley was declining while Crane saw its position improve. In the end, the race ended much closer than expected, but Daley still won.

In Texas, Jeb Bush, brother of Senator George Bush and son of two-time presidential candidate George HW Bush, defeated Governor Tom DeLay by a 15 percent margin. In New York, Governor David Rockefeller Jr. was re-elected with more than 60 percent of the vote. The victory of Republicans in California, Texas, and New York by large margins solidified the party as the dominant in the nation's largest states.

In the end, the AIP maintained only the states of Alabama and Georgia, while the Democrats had a net gain of 2 states and the GOP a net gain of 11 states.

 

[AdrianoChika]

Impeachment 2.0?​

The day after the inauguration of the new Congress, President Donald Trump's Impeachment Articles were presented to Congress, with the same charges of Impeachment that had failed a year and a half ago.

The approval of the Articles in the House and Senate was taken for granted. However, even before the Articles began to be voted on, President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court requesting the archiving of the Articles, since the same facts had already been tried in 1993.

The composition of the Supreme Court in early 1995 was as follows: Byron White (JFK), Chief Justice Harry Blackmun (Rockefeller), Malcolm Wilson (Rockefeller), Raymond P. Shafer (Rockefeller), John Paul Stevens Barry (Trump), George Wallace (Trump), Herman Talmadge (Trump) and Clarence Thomas (Trump).

In the famous Trump v. Congress, many believed that the President would win. After hours of trial, the Supreme Court ruled by a 6-3 majority that a President could not suffer an Impeachment twice for the same fact.

- This is a victory for me and for America. I already said. Donald Trump never loses - celebrated the Presiden.

President Trump Approval

Approve 14%

Disapprove 80%

But even with this legal victory for Trump, America knew she was not doomed to two more years of Trump. They had voted to withdraw him from power in 1994, Congress would hear the voice of the people.

And the solution would come faster than anyone was expecting.

 

[AdrianoChika]

Evan Mecham​

-Good night, here is Don Rather on the CBS Evening News and today we will be presenting an exclusive interview with former Arizona Governor Evan Mecham.

-Good night Don, good night viewers of America.

-First of all, let's start with a delicate subject. To which you attribute the great defeat of your party in the election last November in Arizona.

-Well, I think the main factor was John McCain. I respected the man very much, but his death was really the end of the AIP in Arizona. The GOP won both races for the Senate as well as the government and our two seats in the House.

-And what are your plans for the future?" Do you want to go back to politics?

-Yes, of course, my life is dedicated to politics. But I do not think my future is in the American Independent Party.

-Do you think AIP has a future?

-Yes, by the time we get over Donald Trump, I believe the party will once again have a certain popularity. But I will not have paper in that future.

-Let's get to the main subject of the interview now, Mr. Mecham?

-When you want.

-Then, let's talk about 1993, the choice of Joe Arpaio . Tell me what you have to say.

-Well, it was not my choice. Donald Trump who chose Arpaio. He wanted to save her neck. He even threatened me to pick someone Joe, he was one of the few loyal to him.

-And that happened on Bill Clinton's seat too?

-Look, I can not speak for Bill Alexander, but I heard rumors that the one who chose Huckabee was Trump, too. I heard rumors that there were the same threats. And the President was right, it was these two votes that saved him from Impeachment in 1993.

-So you believe that with these choices and threats the President was able to survive Impeachment. Just for that?

-Yes for sure. He committed a crime. Obstruction of justice. The senators were his judges that day. He bribed and threatened to obtain a favorable judge, he prevented justice from reaching him.

-These are very serious charges governor.

-I know. And if Congress wishes, I am willing to go and lay those words before Congressmen and Senators. My weakness of two years ago must be fixed.