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struggle4progress

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Sun Sep 29, 2019, 01:33 PM Sep 2019

Trump betrays America

By Jennifer Rubin
Opinion writer
September 28 at 5:00 PM

... The central issue is that the president invited a foreign government to interfere with our democracy to help him win reelection. That’s it. That’s collusion. That’s betrayal. That’s seeking power by means other than free and fair elections.

What’s more is that this is a pattern for Trump ...

It is gobsmacking that .. he also signals to Russia no harm, no foul about interfering with the election ...

The reason for a quick impeachment and trial is that we are in the middle of the very election Trump is attempting to subvert with foreign help. Trump has and will continue to betray our democracy, giving foreign leaders a role in picking our leaders to further his own political power, unless he is stopped. Impeachment is not about punishment but removal from office to protect our Constitution. And there could be no better example of a threat to the Constitution than Trump’s preference for foreign assistance ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/28/trump-betrays-america-so-why-arent-democrats-saying-so/

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Trump betrays America (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2019 OP
She may be a Never-Trumper but she nailed it with this. lark Sep 2019 #1
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