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"We can't wait until another election. The threat is to the republic itself, to the body politic. The framers believed that there must be a power within the constitution to protect the republic -- that is impeachment." -- @JohnBonifaz on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/26691716
"Trump refused to divest the day he took office. He's treated the Oval Office as a profit-making enterprise at the public expense...He violated the emoluments clause on day one and went on to commit multiple impeachable offenses." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/26691716
"If we do not engage in the impeachment process, we set a dangerous precedent for all future presidents -- that they can defy the law and trample on our constitution, taking us on the road to autocracy." -- @JohnBonifaz on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/26691716
"If we look at this only from a political strategy standpoint, we allow Trump to effectively hold our nation hostage. This can't be handled with an election. It is dangerous to assume the 2020 election will be free and fair." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/26691716
"Members of Congress who are looking at polls to decide whether to impeach are not complying with their duty. Their duty is to look at the evidence. And the evidence is overwhelming that Trump abuses his power on a daily basis." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/26691716
At 19 minutes into the new @gaslitnation, @JohnBonifaz explains the difference between oversight hearings and impeachment hearings and why the latter is necessary in a constitutional crisis patreon.com/posts/26691716
Important: "The impeachment process does not just cover the acts of abuse of power when you're in the office. It also covers if you've corruptly obtained that office." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/26691716
"We don't have elections to address a direct and serious threat to the republic that started years before the election. We have elections to determine who should govern. You can't 'impeach at the ballot box.' That's not a thing." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/26691716
"Trump has a reason to try to stop impeachment. The statute of limitations on Trump's obstructive acts, according to Mueller, will run out in the next presidential term. If he's out of office, he could very well face a federal indictment." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/26691716
At 32 minutes into the new @gaslitnation, @JohnBonifaz discusses election integrity, insecure ballots, the lack of a verification process, and other vulnerabilities the US faces going into the 2020 election patreon.com/posts/26691716
"Anything that doesn't involve a paper ballot is an unreliable system. There needs to be a paper ballot for a recount or an audit. We also need to stop looking for an instantaneous result in a very close election." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/26691716
At 40 minutes into the new @gaslitnation, @JohnBonifaz explains what dark money is, how it has impacted US elections, and how foreign interference impacts the dark money threat patreon.com/posts/26691716
"Pelosi has the mistaken view that the impeachment power is merely a partisan tool. She's effectively erasing it as part of the constitution when she makes these pronouncements." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/26691716
