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Behind the Aegis

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Thu Sep 26, 2019, 12:45 AM Sep 2019

(Jewish Group) Why these Jewish lawmakers' calls for impeachment are a big deal

What a difference a dozen days — and a major scandal — make.

On Sept. 12, Rep. Max Rose, D-N.Y., was incensed enough by the growing number of fellow Democrats calling for impeaching President Donald Trump that he took to a local Staten Island news site to opine against the idea.

“Impeachment will only tear our country further apart and we will see no progress on the enormous challenges we face as a nation,” Rose wrote on SILive.com.

By Tuesday, Rose had reconsidered. In a statement on his website, Rose noted his previous opposition to “a partisan impeachment process that would only deepen … divisions, not solve them.” But the recent reports alleging that Trump had sought to pressure the president of Ukraine into launching a criminal investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden, the leading Democratic contender to challenge him in 2020, had altered his calculus.

“However, a President attempting to blackmail a foreign government into targeting American citizens is not just another example of scorched earth politics,” Rose said. “It would be an invitation to the enemies of the United States to come after any citizen so long as they happen to disagree with the President.”

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Any bets on how long it takes the extremists to blame us for what is happening? We have these people, but keep in mind the Ukrainian president is also a Jew; it will be a factor at some point, guaranteed.

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