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Democrats know impeachment is about to profoundly change the presidential campaign. If Pelosi sends articles to Senate 'soon,' trial will inevitably cover Iowa and New Hampshire, maybe Nevada. From @politico 1/3 ow.ly/WBI250xS3wq
@politico McConnell has said Senate impeachment trial will go six days a week. That means two of four Democratic frontrunners--Sanders and Warren--will be almost totally removed from campaign trail for weeks at most critical time of race. 2/3
@politico Pelosi is making things worse by delay. All Democrats know this, so one has to ask: This seems to be OK with Democratic leadership, doesn't it? Indeed it does. Sanders and Warren will be thinking about what that means... 3/3
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In impeachment brief, Dems repeat argument that Trump 'welcomed' Russia-based leaks in 2016 campaign; if not removed immediately, he'll do it again in 2020. 1/6 ow.ly/Yk1g50xZdS9
That's not wrong--Trump did in fact welcome Russia-based leaks--but it is grossly out of context. So out of context that it misrepresents what happened in 2016. 2/6 washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/column…
Fact is, the entire press corps welcomed, accepted, repeated, and amplified the WikiLeaks release of Russia-hacked emails from top Clinton aide John Podesta. 3/6 washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/column…
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On Dec 18, impeachment night, Pelosi said she would withhold articles until she knew Senate trial would be 'fair.' Now, more than three weeks later, with no such assurances, she is apparently giving in. 1/5 ow.ly/EwRR50xSEi6
Still, Pelosi, Dems claiming victory in holdout: Prevented McConnell from summary dismissal, which wasn't going to happen. And brought new revelations, which were coming anyway. 2/5 washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/column…
'She finally ran out of options and realized there was no political gain anymore' says GOP Rep Collins. Delay 'allowed them to talk more about it and try to influence public opinion away from the show in the House and inevitable result in the Senate.' 3/5 washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/column…
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Former Sen Flake puts forward argument heard whenever there is Democratic/media outrage about Trump: Republicans, what if Obama had done this? 1/3 washingtonpost.com/opinions/jeff-…
Answer is, it's impossible to imagine Obama acting like Trump. But if you try, you should imagine Obama having a Trump-like image for decades before being elected, then campaigning like Trump, and then winning like Trump. 2/3
That changes idea of what electorate wanted, or what it would tolerate in a president. Of course Congress and public standards are different for Trump. That's part of what the election of 2016 was about. 3/3 End.
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Since it’s finally happening resharing my post on the Impeachment process. We are now at stage 2.

Impeachment 101

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