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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenior Editor of Conservative *National Review* Calls for Impeachment and Removal
Ramesh Ponnuru says Congress needs to prove 4 things to impeach a POTUS:
That the facts of the case are true.
That the facts amount to an abuse of power.
That the abuse is impeachable
That is prudent to remove the president.
Read his recent piece at The National Review to see how he responds to these four points. A taste:
On October 3, Trump was asked to clarify what he had wanted the Ukrainian government to do. Theyd start a major investigation into the Bidens, he answered. Representative Debbie Lesko (R., Ariz.) nonetheless told a CNN reporter on December 13 that Trump had not asked a foreign power to investigate a political rival. Her office later clarified that she meant to deny only that Trump had wanted the investigation because Biden is a political rival. The fact that they both want to be president in 2021 was, on her view, just a coincidence.
Take the clarification seriously, and what Representative Lesko was trying to do was to defend that second wall. Sure, the president sought an investigation of Biden, but only as a means of making sure that U.S. aid was not going to a corrupt state. Senator John Kennedy (R., La.) has said that the possibility that Trump was concerned about corruption means that he cannot be proved to have had a corrupt intent.
More: https://thewayofimprovement.com/2019/12/20/senior-editor-of-conservative-national-review-calls-for-impeachment-and-removal/?fbclid=IwAR2pQCV8cooMUPkd2L4YE7-OQ8DkIRMrIJfzQ3zBwEw-zjVdYxgiDkb9ISI
Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)has to his credit over 13,000 LIES since inauguration. Trumpy is a living, breathing lie machine, and Kennedy is taking Trumpy at his word!??
Kennedy is lying and he knows it. He is beyond shame, but then he's taking cues from the Master Liar, Trumpy himself, and the Puppetmaster, Uncle Vlad.
Disgusting. Kennedy doesn't deserve to be Senator. He deserves being a bag man for a mob boss.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)whether Satan isn't firing up the Zamboni in Hell.
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)I hear it is doing very poorly. I hear that no one cares. I don't think anyone reads JB anymore.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)coming out of Margit-A-Large-O later today.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It's amazing how many "failing" (according to Trump) organizations and publications still seem to be going strong. It's almost like Trump is living in his own little fantasy world.
mitch96
(13,924 posts)Pope says he is not a christian...
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Just a matter of time..
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crickets
(25,982 posts)former9thward
(32,068 posts)He has frequently appeared on PBS criticizing Trump before he was even elected. So not really surprising.
Shrek
(3,983 posts)In 2016 they did an entire anti-Trump issue of the magazine.