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Trump and Republicans have opened the door to it being perfectly acceptable for a campaign to accept and rely on foreign interference. There are massive, massive ramifications to this, and shutting that precedent down is reason enough to impeach. 1/
Russia has been given no reason to quit interfering. In fact, they've been rewarded time and time again. They'll continue, and so will other nations. We're going to get to a point where you'll never know where anyone's loyalties lay. That's not a country works... 2/
At least it's not how a functioning country works. We're allowing Trump and Republicans to bring into question the legitimacy of the United States of America. In this case, we're saying what matters is winning, by any cost, and our laws and sovereignty are irrelevant. 3/
What Trump did was blatantly show that his loyalties lay with getting himself elected and empowered. He put his own greed and ambition over the good of the country, over the safety of the country. He won't be the last to do this, especially if it goes completely unpunished 4/
We've seen this time and again. If somebody gets away with an illegal act, if they benefit from it, people will replicate it. There's no reason for Russia not to continually interfere and no reason for Republicans not to welcome and seek that out. 5/
And we've seen Republicans quickly change their expectations and their positions on this. They're already shifting toward Russian interests and growing more loyal to Russian ideology. This will have unbelievable ramifications if we just turn away from our responsibilities. 6/
If this isn't addressed, if Democrats abdicate their duty, if we as a society just allow foreign adversaries to taint our elections, 2020 and every election after is going to not only be suspect but completely undermined. It's a long and slippery slope after that. 7/
If you doubt any of this, look at Giuliani this morning openly supporting foreign interference. Trump has absolutely no shame. This either gets addressed, or it's going to be exponentially worse, and the results going forward are going to be nothing short of a nightmare. 8/8
