We live in dark times

[RAB910]

[Mike 03]

1. He's floating this as a trial balloon, experimenting with two defenses:

1. It wasn't extortion. 2. There's nothing wrong with extortion, at least it's not impeachable. He wants to stick with "no quid pro quo" but he's opening the door to this other possibility now, in case republicans defect.

This is pretty much in keeping with what the panelists on CNN and MSNBC were predicting he'd do.

[RAB910]

2. The Republicans know he is guilty

so they are trying to convince him to admit his guilt and then play the "so what, he only violated his oath of office and betrayed his Country" card

[cilla4progress]

3. I hope this isn't injecting too much drama....

But the dark times reference and reading about clashes in Hong Kong...

Do you believe we are capable of genocide here?

[RAB910]

4. Yes, yes I do

Trump's following has risen to a cult-like status. We already have one of his followers become a domestic terrorist that sent pipe bombs to Trump's "enemies"

[smirkymonkey]

5. God, he's a moron.