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Angus Johnston
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Just saw my first "technically, even if Trump offered a quid pro quo of foreign aid in exchange for interference in the 2020 election, it wasn't legally a bribe."

Don't do this. We know what a bribe is, and our understanding isn't based exclusively on the federal criminal code.
If Trump offered a foreign leader a quid pro quo of hundreds of millions of dollars of aid in exchange for dirt on Joe Biden, let his defenders make the case for why that's not technically a "bribe" under the relevant federal statutes. Don't make it for them.
If what has been alleged actually happened, it was an attempt to bribe. It was an attempt to extort. Call it what it is.
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Angus Johnston
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It's odd to me that so many people are asking "What would you have Pelosi and Schumer do?" I'd have them do what most of the rest of the leadership of their party has done: Endorse the impeachment of the president of the United States.
There's other stuff after that, of course, and plenty of discussion to be had about the precise course of action. But that's the thing that I want them to do today that they're refusing to do.
And yes, I understand why they're not doing it. And yes, I understand why other people don't want them to do it. But if the question is "What could they do?" the answer is simple.
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Yowza.
And here's the follow-up.
Tomorrow's going to be a really interesting day.
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One thing that would happen if the Dems impeached and the GOP refused to convict is that the Dem base would have nobody to be mad at but the GOP. It would be clarifying, and radicalizing.
One can see why this prospect is appealing to some in Dem leadership, and unappealing for others.
And of course if impeachment failed because of moderate Dem defections, that would be clarifying too. Again, an attractive prospect for some, unattractive to others.
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