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packman

(16,296 posts)
Sat Nov 30, 2019, 03:18 PM Nov 2019

Donald Trump isn't on trial, the Republican party is

"Richard Nixon, of course, resigned in 1974 after top Republicans told him that the evidence of his crimes was too great to ignore. Forty-five years later, congressional Republicans are again faced with equally unassailable evidence of their president's crimes; this time, they've closed ranks and chosen willful ignorance and conspiratorial fantasies.

Schiff is correct: The impeachment of Donald Trump is no longer about Donald Trump. This is instead a trial of the Republican Party — and of the ability of our democratic institutions to serve as a check on a thoroughly corrupt would-be strongman.

And both are going to fail the test. "

Editorial in Detroit Times:

https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/donald-trump-isnt-on-trial-the-republican-party-is/Content?oid=23210076&utm_source=featurefollow&utm_medium=home&utm_campaign=hpfeatures&utm_content=HomeTopFeature

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Donald Trump isn't on trial, the Republican party is (Original Post) packman Nov 2019 OP
He couldn't have done things without their support and may be the reason they won't impesch. Karadeniz Nov 2019 #1
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