John Oliver breaks down exactly what it would mean if Trump got impeached

Share
  • June 17, 2019

TwitterFacebook

The word “impeach” probably wasn’t something you’d heard spoken all that much before 2016.

Nowadays it’s everywhere. But what does it actually mean?

“It is true that many people don’t fully understand what impeachment involves,” explains John Oliver in the clip above. “So we thought tonight might be a good time to discuss what it is, why it may be warranted, and what the risks might be in carrying it out.”

As Oliver breaks down in his latest Last Week Tonight segment, impeachment is no simple matter. It requires a certain number of votes in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The latter would mean 20 republican senators would need to go against Trump — making it pretty unlikely that he’d actually end up leaving office. Read more…

More about Donald Trump, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, Entertainment, and Politics

Source : John Oliver breaks down exactly what it would mean if Trump got impeached