Robert Reich: The Real Lesson of Ukraine-Gate

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https://prospect.org/impeachment/real-lesson-of-ukraine-gate-trump/

The Real Lesson of Ukraine-Gate
Trump will do anything to win in 2020.
by Robert Reich
October 3, 2019


Amid the impeachment furor, don’t lose sight of the renewed importance of protecting the integrity of the 2020 election.

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States must upgrade all election machinery and equip them with paper ballots that can be audited. Facebook and YouTube must devote more resources to protecting against malicious foreign trolls and bots.

All of us will need to be vigilant.

Over the last two and a half years, Trump has shown himself willing to trample any aspect of our democracy that gets in his way—attacking the media, using the presidency for personal profit, packing the federal courts, verbally attacking judges, blasting the head of the Federal Reserve, spending money in ways Congress did not authorize, and subverting the separation of powers.

Trump believes he’s invincible. He’s now daring our entire constitutional and political system to stop him.

The real value of the formal impeachment now underway is to put Trump on notice that he can’t necessarily get away with abusing his presidential power to win reelection. He will still try, of course. But at least a line has been drawn. And now everyone is watching.

Regardless of how the impeachment turns out, Trump’s predation can be constrained as long as his presidency can be ended with the 2020 election. If that election is distorted, and if this man is reelected, all bets are off.

[Zaphod42]

1. Excellent piece by Dr. Reich...

He has a very easy writing style...no extraneous junk; he just relays his point in a very concise, easy to understand fashion.

I've always admired his intelligence and his work on behalf of the working class. Robert Reich would make one hell of a President.