Thread by @originalspin

@realDonaldTrump I always thought Trump would be impeached for his existing record of collusion, corruption and incompetence rather than gross abuse of executive powers threatening our geopolitical reality. But Dems seem intent on dragging feet until he hits that standard.

@realDonaldTrump Make no mistake: There are two huge repercussions of allowing Trump to careen ahead without the brakes put into the political system by our Constitution, and both of them will be permanent scars on @SpeakerPelosi’s stewardship—and American’s standing—if she doesn’t act soon.

@realDonaldTrump @SpeakerPelosi The immediate threat is that Trump will destroy our economy and place the blame on China, the world’s largest population, second largest economy and owner of the largest standing military, whose leader has the actual authoritarian power to which Trump pretends.

@realDonaldTrump @SpeakerPelosi There are a lot of potential implications to this, but the immediate ones include escalating China’s economic challenges until it experiences growing social unrest to the point where it decides it has little left to lose—unleashing brutal crackdowns on its own population.

@realDonaldTrump @SpeakerPelosi A China that abandons geosocial restraints might well also act with greater aggression against its regional neighbors, and the US itself, which could end in military standoffs or even hot war.

@realDonaldTrump @SpeakerPelosi Meanwhile, Trump’s pattern of intensifying the racist component of his rhetoric as he doesn’t get his way in international negotiations will likely trigger ballooning anti-Chinese among his followers, putting Asian Americans—immigrants and native citizens—at huge risk.

@realDonaldTrump @SpeakerPelosi (A rise in anti-Chinese sentiment won’t just endanger Chinese Americans—history has shown us that racist eyes often can’t see difference between Asian ethnicities.)

@realDonaldTrump @SpeakerPelosi We’ve seen the bloody impact of Trump’s toxic rhetoric on Muslim and Latinx populations already. As his reelection campaign gets more desperate, and his need to shore up his base more critical, Trump is poised to add Chinese and other Asians to the mix of its targets.

@realDonaldTrump @SpeakerPelosi The second repercussion, simply put, is precedent. Trump is a present threat to America and the globe. But an unrestrained Trump is a permanent example to future Trumps—more capable, better trained and tested—of the limitless ways they can break the system without facing penalty.

@realDonaldTrump @SpeakerPelosi House Democrats are derelicting a huge and central duty, and even if doing so helps win them an election—and I’m not convinced it does—the sacrifices for this political gain would be potentially monstrous.

I hope this doesn’t fall on deaf ears. I worry that it will.