The fact that those of us who pay even desultory attention to national politics know who Rep. Shri Thanedar is and why he’s important is an object lesson in the failure of our nation’s political class.
Thanedar is a Michigan Democrat who would be thoroughly unremarkable if it weren’t for his stunts. This included one of the quixotic impeachment attempts not pursued against Donald Trump by Texas Rep. Al Green; Green is another sign of our political failures, but he’s at least deliberately entertaining. Thanedar is accidentally so, particularly after he got intimidated into sorta-kinda pulling the impeachment attempt by intentionally submitting it late after being intimidated by his party’s establishment, so that he just looked like an idiot and not a coward.
Thanedar has done plenty, impeachment-wise, to convince us he’s an unserious man. He’s talking about impeaching Trump again if the Democrats retake the House. He’s filed articles
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