….And by the way, I would LOVE running against 1% Joe Biden – I just don’t think it’s going to happen. Sleepy Joe won’t get to the starting gate, & based on all of the money he & his family probably “extorted,” Joe should hang it up. I wouldn’t want him dealing with China & U!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 6, 2019
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On Aug. 8, 1974, a day after Philippe Petit walked a cable strung high between the twin towers, Richard Nixon resigned. Articles of impeachment against him included obstruction of justice and abuse of power.
In October 2019, a friend and I mused over how far the 45th president would be allowed to go. No matter his venomous rhetoric, no matter his election tinkering, no matter his willful deceits, his actions have gone unchecked. Even with a landslide winner in the 2020 election, we wondered, how thoroughly will Republicans cheat? Will the winner win? Will President Donald Trump yield the presidency?
It may sound far-fetched, but three years ago, so did having a president who admires fascists and emulates dictators. So did having a president who spouts xenophobic and racist language. So did having a president who covers up his actions coercing a foreign government to interfere in our upcoming election.
Trump, his cohorts and the Republican Party that continues to stand behind him have shown their disdain for democracy and the Constitution.
Now we walk a tightrope over the abyss of authoritarianism and deceit. Impeachment is again the path to restore justice, lawfulness and integrity at our nation’s helm.
Nancy Dickeman, Seattle
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Mitt Romney never knew how to win. He is a pompous “ass” who has been fighting me from the beginning, except when he begged me for my endorsement for his Senate run (I gave it to him), and when he begged me to be Secretary of State (I didn’t give it to him). He is so bad for R’s!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2019
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“I can do whatever I want as president.”
On July 23, President Donald Trump spoke those exact words at the Teen Student Action Summit in Washington, D.C.
Two days later, he proved beyond any doubt that he truly believes those words in their most literal sense.
On July 25, our president was on the phone coercing the president of Ukraine to investigate his political rival. He actively solicited the direct assistance of a foreign leader for his own political benefit and committed to direct follow-up from his personal attorney and the U.S. attorney general. No words are minced and there are no gray areas requiring detailed analysis or interpretation.
Despite the spin-doctoring efforts of the hypocrite-of-the-century Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and the incoherent babblings of U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the direct evidence in this call is inescapable and irrefutable.
We also learned that the White House hid the call transcript in the most ultra-secret server in the federal government. This is consciousness of guilt in the purest form imaginable.
And now, the president insists on confronting the whistleblower and blurts out “treason,” “spies” and “civil war,” shamelessly making reference to violence as remedial action.
This isn’t about “Trump derangement” or “undermining democratic values” as referenced in the Post-Gazette editorial, “Trust the Process; Trust the People” (Sept. 29). This is about upholding those critical values of governmental checks and balances that the Founding Fathers envisioned.
Our president cannot do whatever he wants—he is not a monarch or a dictator—even though he frequently admires autocratic rule on the global stage.
Our Constitution assigns Congress an explicit obligation to act when confronted with this brazen, lawless behavior by the president and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has now initiated that action. Despite all the combative rhetoric and public vitriol we will surely witness going forward, this is not about petty politics; it is about preserving the fundamental tenets of our treasured democracy.
J. C. VELTRE
Richland
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As President I have an obligation to end CORRUPTION, even if that means requesting the help of a foreign country or countries. It is done all the time. This has NOTHING to do with politics or a political campaign against the Bidens. This does have to do with their corruption!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2019
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