THREAD:
Friday marks exactly 1 year since Americans read the 5 words that will forever define the Trump presidency:
"Do us a favor though."
Here's a quick look at how Trump's quid-pro-quo presidency remains alive & (un)well today. /1 nytimes.com/2019/09/25/us/…
"A president who abused the public trust for his personal benefit" defined what got Trump impeached, as @neal_katyal & I said.
"For a president to exploit for private political gain the tools of national power placed in his or her hands" was appalling. /2 nytimes.com/2020/02/05/opi…
But Trump didn't stop there.
Faced with a deadly pandemic, Trump played "states off 1 another for his affection, rewarding the generally Republican (or swing) states whose governors grovel at Trump’s feet."
Trump's quid-pro-quo presidency cost lives. /3 washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0…
Now Trump's new quid pro quo is here.
He's rushing a SCOTUS nominee "because we're going to have probably election things involved here, because of the fake ballots they'll be sending out, which is terrible."
He wants a Justice who'll deliver a win. /4 nbcnews.com/politics/supre…
So, don't forget those 5 words we all read for the first time a year ago:
"Do us a favor though."
Another President once urged us to ask what we can do for our country.
But Trump? At every turn, he asks what the country can do for him.
He's the quid-pro-quo President. /END
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