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Joe Biden: Trump's Ukraine Pressure "Totally Inappropriate"
https://iowastartingline.com/2019/09/20/joe-biden-trumps-ukraine-pressure-totally-inappropriate/Former Vice President Joe Biden responded in Iowa today to the reports that President Donald Trump had pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate him and his family. Its concerning to me that a president would do something like that, Biden told Iowa Starting Line in an interview after a climate town hall in Cedar Rapids Friday afternoon.
Early Friday afternoon, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump had personally, repeatedly pressured President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Biden during a phone call. He urged Zelensky about eight times to work with Rudy Giuliani, his personal lawyer, on a probe.
Theres been significant concern that Trump, despite the lengthy investigations into his relationship with Russia during the last campaign, may once again invite foreign interference into American elections.
Its totally inappropriate for a president to try to get a foreign leader to say something that is untrue about any political opponent, Biden said. Ive never heard of it before. Ive never heard of it before. But I think that Congress is looking into it, and I think they should.
The Trump Administration had been holding back military aid for Ukraine for part of this year. They relented last week, around the same time that news of a government whistleblower on a matter of foreign security began to spread.
Biden also dismissed the legitimacy of any sort of probe by Trump or his team into Bidens son, Hunter.
Every single outlet thats looked at this said theres nothing there there. And me, nor anyone in my family did anything inappropriate. And every major outlet has acknowledged that. I just find it very Trump-like.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Joe Biden: Trump's Ukraine Pressure "Totally Inappropriate" (Original Post)
Skya Rhen
Sep 2019
OP
Cha
(297,156 posts)1. Yeah, let's hope it rises to the level
of "extortion".
Thank you, Skya
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Thekaspervote
(32,757 posts)2. Inappropriate for sure! I so look forward to the day he is gone!!!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
wryter2000
(46,038 posts)3. I hope this turns out to be useful for him
Imagine how that would go down in a debate with Trump.
I ought to change my preference. I still love Kamala and believe she would make a great president. However, it's not looking to be her time. I'd be happy to support Joe.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
42bambi
(1,753 posts)4. Biden is a voice of calm and reason. nt
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden