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Very important point by @chrislhayes - Democrats face a 2020 environment in which the things Mueller found are both past and present. Not only does Russia have an interest in meddling again to help Trump, the Saudis, N. Korea, China etc do too. And AG Barr has signaled his OK.
If Dems impeach, McConnell will surely help Trump in the Senate trial as will Lindsey Graham and the other Rs, 20 of whom are up for re-election. Exoneration, if not aggressively turned against Republicans by Dems, could demoralize the Dem base and energize Trumpists.
And yet, not impeaching wouldn't stop part one (foreign help subverting the election for Trump) from happening. A free and fair election on healthcare and new roads is far from guaranteed. And Trump's base is already energized and utterly devoted. Not impeaching changes nothing.
Not impeaching also emboldens Trump to go full autocrat. It renders impeachment a dead letter going forward and clears the way for what amounts to an American monarchy - an unrestrainable, unindictable unitary executive - just as Barr wants. It weakens congress vs any POTUS.
And it basically ratifies what Trump has done. So that's the Democrats' choice: impeach, defend the constitution & put that eternal stain on Trump and risk the politics, or don't impeach and roll the dice on endless hearings (maybe FBIers on trial?) & beating a normalized Trump
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