Tuesday, December 17, 2019

One Glance Should Tell Us What President Trump has Done is Wrong

   I read the news of how President Trump would defeat every single Democratic candidate if the election were held today.
  And, I sorrow.
  It so seems to me, he should be impeached and removed from office -- and it seems this should be clear and simple-straight to Americans. It is so clear-cut, you do not need to call witnesses and go through a long process as the House has just done.
  Look at the basic fact: The president withheld funds from the Ukrainians in such a way it should have been abundantly apparent to them when he asked a favor, the military aid was what he wanted in exchange.  And, what did he want in exchange? What was the favor he was asking?
  Dirt on a political opponent.
  You use American taxpayer dollars to leverage someone to come up with dirt on a political foe -- and that isn't bribery?
   And, the Constitution makes it clear you are to remove such a president by impeachment?
   What has become of our nation? It does so seem that what is right and wrong is clear-cut. Yes, it seems if you are looking at what is morally right, then there is no question the president committed a cardinal offense. Taking taxpayer money, and using it to bribe someone to find dirt on a political rival is dead wrong. Drawing national policy toward another nation based on whether that nation helps you in an upcoming election is wrong -- unassailably wrong.
   You may argue he wasn't bribing. I'm sorry, but, if you withhold hundreds of millions of dollars, and then ask for a favor, and then release the money, you have no legitimate argument that it was a coincidence. You were responsible for that coincidence. You are responsible for your actions, and those actions play out as a bribe.
   Nor do you have good argument in suggesting Joe Biden was just as guilty of a bribe. From what we know, Biden was demanding that the Ukrainian prosecutor be fired because he wasn't investigating enough, not because he needed to be out of the way so he wouldn't hurt Joe Biden's son.
   But, if you do -- just the same -- maintain that Biden was demanding the money so he could get someone out of the way from hurting his son, then do your own investigation. You are president, which puts you over the FBI and CIA. Why not just ask the FBI and CIA to go in and investigate?
   There is no good defense for what Trump has done. All the cries of, "There is no evidence! Show us the evidence that he did anything wrong! Show us the evidence!" ring hollow.
  Forgive, my dear nation, America, but we should be able to take one glance at what has happened -- what President Trump has done -- and see how wrong it was.

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