Eugene Robinsons’ article looks into the soul of US politics and the
moral instincts of such an event as the impeachment as one of the most
Corruptible presidents in this nation’s history.
For those of us who or are trying to survive in this poor nation’s
hell hole, it is real hard to put up with this hostile environment. For many of
us, Trumps’s America
Don’t
move on quite yet. Pause a moment before racing ahead to questions about what a
Senate trial will look like or what impact all of this will have in November.
Let what just happened sink in: On Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, Donald Trump
became only the third U.S.
Knowing there will be an asterisk of
shame next to his name in the history books drives Trump around the bend,
apparently. But he earned it. Trump is precisely what the framers of the
Constitution feared, an unethical and immoral president who would trample the
nation’s laws and institutions to keep himself in power. The House, led by
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), stood up to tell him: No. Not here. Not
now.
“What is at risk here is the very idea
of America,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff
(D-Calif.) said, as he ended eight hours of often bitter debate. Moments
later, the House approved two articles of impeachment charging Trump with abuse
of power and obstruction of Congress.
AD.
Another part of his article that I really find helpful:
“We
heard a lot from Republicans about the 63 million Americans who voted for
Trump, about how Democrats “hate” them and find them “deplorable” and are
trying to “deny them a say in their government.” We heard not a peep from
Republicans about the nearly 66 million Americans who voted for Hillary Clinton
or the nearly 8 million who voted for other
candidates. Note to the GOP: This impeachment can’t “overturn the will of the
American people.” The electoral college already did that.”
And
finally I found his conclusion to be really illuminating. I’m grateful to The Wichita
Eagle for printing this article:
I listened to the whole debate, and I
don’t believe I heard one of Trump’s Republican defenders attest to his
sterling character. I don’t believe I heard one of them say Trump would never
do the things he is accused of doing. However, I did hear many Republicans seek
to excuse Trump’s conduct by noting that his scheme ultimately did not succeed.
That says a lot about the president, and it says even more about the GOP, which
once had the right to call itself the Party of Lincoln. Not anymore. It is now,
without question, the Party of Trump.
We heard a
lot from Republicans about the 63 million Americans who voted for Trump, about
how Democrats “hate” them and find them “deplorable” and are trying to “deny
them a say in their government.” We heard not a peep from Republicans about the
nearly 66 million Americans who voted for Hillary Clinton or the nearly 8 million who
voted for other candidates. Note to the GOP: This impeachment can’t “overturn
the will of the American people.” The electoral college already did that.
But, of course, no one is disputing the result of
the 2016 election. Trump was duly elected, according to the rules set out by
the Constitution. Now he has been duly impeached, also according to the
Constitution. This is how the system was designed to work.
Impeachment is the only tool we have to
punish, and potentially remove, a president. There are very good reasons it has
been used only three times in our history. And there are very good reasons one
of those impeachments was that of Donald Trump.
So he won the election on a technicality and he may win again. That
is not because the majority of Americans want him in office, but because he and
his followers know how to manipulate the system. If he can manipulate the system
he can hold office for the next four years.
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is for Asshole": A
Children’s “ABC”
Guide to Donald Trump & the Trump Administration.
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