Attempted robbery or bribery is a punishable crime. Former governor Rod Blagojevich, (screaming “Witch-hunt”) was impeached, convicted, and removed from office for corruption; he solicited bribes for political appointments (including Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat). “Trump attempted to pressure a foreign leader to help him smear and destroy both a chief political opponent and that opponent’s political party to benefit himself in a presidential election. It is an attack on the foundations of our republic, turning diplomacy into a weapon of personal and partisan political power. The nation’s founders understood, having fought a revolution against monarchy, that no government of the people was invulnerable to such egregious abuses of power; they were particularly concerned, as Alexander Hamilton wrote in the Federalist Papers, that a president through “cabal, intrigue and corruption” might help “foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils”. In their wisdom, they created a mechanism to halt this disloyal corruption in its tracks: impeachment!” (quote from Rolling Stone article 10/11/19, by Sean Wilentz)
Trish Forsyth Voss
Dec 16 2019
Is impeaching Trump the best course of action for the U.S?
Attempted robbery or bribery is a punishable crime. Former governor Rod Blagojevich, (screaming “Witch-hunt”) was impeached, convicted, and removed from office for corruption; he solicited bribes for political appointments (including Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat). “Trump attempted to pressure a foreign leader to help him smear and destroy both a chief political opponent and that opponent’s political party to benefit himself in a presidential election. It is an attack on the foundations of our republic, turning diplomacy into a weapon of personal and partisan political power. The nation’s founders understood, having fought a revolution against monarchy, that no government of the people was invulnerable to such egregious abuses of power; they were particularly concerned, as Alexander Hamilton wrote in the Federalist Papers, that a president through “cabal, intrigue and corruption” might help “foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils”. In their wisdom, they created a mechanism to halt this disloyal corruption in its tracks: impeachment!” (quote from Rolling Stone article 10/11/19, by Sean Wilentz)
Trish Forsyth Voss
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