How did The First U.S. Impeachment Happen? | Animated History

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[erikkr.r.m]

50% of the comments are people expecting a comment war while the other half is just here for history

[prolapsrunner]

The poor Armchair Historian was up all night working on this. Give the man a like, dangit!

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

Lincoln used SquareSpace, that’s why he was safe at the Ford Theatre. Oh wait

[CapyMartinBara]

"I'm really hoping the comment section isn't on fire"
So far it's not like Australia, but it ain't Canada either

[iupetre]

"prove your innocence"
That's not how it works.

[jasonperry]

One quick quibble: Lincoln and Johnson didn’t run on the Republican ticket, but a fusion “National Union” ticket in 1864. This was due to a split in the Democratic Party between peace Democrats who advocated a rapid end to the war and war Democrats, who supported Lincoln’s war policies (ironically, the peace Democrats nominated a war Democrat, McClellan, as their standard bearer).

And no mention of the Swing Around the Circle speaking tour, which resulted in two of the impeachment articles...

[cristianvillanueva]

Honestly I'm glad the comment section has not descend intra a super fund site yet

[tige.]

Seems like only hours ago I was watching him hurriedly edit this and then fall asleep in his chair when he uploaded it

[AgentGWG]

I just want to say the animation on this was amazing. I don’t know if you’ve been working on this video for a while, but the quality even compared to the last one is incredible.

[haughtywillow]

That title... I never knew that George Washington was impeached.

[danielburke]

I will say the most amazing thing about impeachment is that so many people don’t realize that just because the house votes to impeach doesn’t mean that the president is immediately removed. Civics has really failed in this country.

[timothyrice]

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

[codingjungle]

I enjoyed this video quite a bit. it kept to the topic (johnson's impeachment, and no one's else), it was a pretty good run down on how the process has always been a bit wishy washy, defined by the contemporary house/senate, instead of something set in stone (which isn't what the forefathers imho had intended it to be). the only thing i would've like to have seen was a bit better explanation on what is a simple and super majority, a lot of people seem to think everything in congress is done via simple majority.

[sonnydog]

2:56
*hears While We Were Marching Through Georgia*
me, a georgian: *screams in Burning of Atlanta*

[brianrunyon]

Interesting branching out. Like how some of the music is versions of I'm A Good Ol Rebel, and Marching Through Georgia.

[HistoryHustle]

Great video, really connects to the news.

[AeacusSmokeLounge]

So they voted to put Andrew Johnson in a peach, how did they fit him in tho?

[haris]

Please do Clinton Monica Levinsky legal proceeding ... I just want to see how "reimagining animation" would look like

[TheOneBearded]

Whatever the result for the impeachment is, I think we can all agree that it's going to set a some crazy precedence that might come back to bite this country in the ass. What a strange time in history to be alive.

[awormnamedscoobis]

Weird. Armchair and Emperor Tigerstar posted at the same time. A suprise to be sure, but a welcome one.