Republican Painter: It's time to impeach Trump
Published 12:58 p.m. ET Feb. 14, 2017
Mark P. Painter, a lifelong Cincinnatian, served as a judge for 30 years.
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A president of the United States, on the official POTUS Twitter feed, assails a department store for dropping his daughters merchandise. On the same day, the Pentagon is looking to rent space in the Trump Tower. Trumps son travels to Uganda to make a Trump business deal. And, of course, foreign diplomats will stay at the Trump Hotel. The cash comes marching in.
The phony legalisms Trump has said he used to separate himself from his businesses though he still owns them and his sons are running them will be cited to make this all acceptable. Horsefeathers. No ethical expert could say with a straight face that this is not a classic conflict of interest.
In any time except our post-factual era, no office holder, much less the president, could get away with any one of the dozens of dazzlingly illegal things Trump has already done. They would forfeit office immediately.
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I am a lifelong Republican. I voted for every Republican presidential candidate from 1968 to 2004. But I have watched what once was a sane, center-right party go off the rails, first to the extreme right, then to wherever Trump is, which is in another universe.
Its tough, but we must end this dangerous presidency. Trump must be impeached and removed with all haste. But only Congress can initiate the process.
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