Of course corruption should be looked into. Why are you guys dismissing the possible corruption of Biden in favor of the non-crimes Trump allegedly committed? It’s so odd. — NOS4A2
Even if Hunter Biden and those who hired him are guilty of some unnamed impropriety, this does not exonerate Trump.
This is nothing more than a childish and inept diversion tactic.
Social conservatism? I am socially liberal. — NOS4A2
Investigations of Trump and impeachment rumblings have been occurring since before Trump was even in office. How long are you allowed to kick the can down that road before I’m allowed to suspect you really have nothing. — NOS4A2
... the non-crimes Trump allegedly committed — NOS4A2
Funnily enough, the insistence that one is an independent thinker is also part of the brand. But I'm not expecting you to give me a straight answer anyways
you are making a factual, if ambiguous, claim. He is not being accused of non-crimes. An impeachment investigation is into high crimes and misdemeanors. We really do not know the extent of what he has done. That is the purpose of the investigation. What we do know is that he is doing everything he can to keep the truth from coming to light. This alone is enough to raise suspicion that he is trying to hide something.
I suspect you know better. One does not first have to be found guilty before an investigation is opened into whether or not he is guilty.
Then what crimes or misdemeanours is he being accused of? — NOS4A2
Once again, that is what the investigation intends to uncover. Following the Trump playbook you want to declare that such an investigation is unnecessary, as if he cannot be found guilty because if he was he would already have been found guilty, now hurry up and declare the case closed lest something be found.
So no crime and no probable cause that he committed a crime. Just an arbitrary impeachment inquiry. — NOS4A2
How do you know that there has been no crime and no probable cause for an investigation? If he did nothing wrong and there is nothing to hide then why stonewall? Mueller was quite clear that he would not indict a sitting president, but that there were serious improprieties that should be investigated by Congress. In addition, several people working for Trump were indicted, tried, found guilty, and sent to jail. Mueller''s testimony was sufficient to lead some who were opposed to impeachment to change their minds. Others remained opposed, but not because they found no evidence of wrongdoing but because of political considerations and the consequences of the Senate refusing to impeach. Many more changed their minds in the last few days when it came to light that Trump, without proper authorization from Congress, withheld military funding to Ukraine to pressure them to investigate his Democratic opponent. The whistleblower's information appears to extend beyond the phone call. Trump tried to prevent him from testifying but the Senate was unanimous in passing a resolution that he must be allowed to testify before Senate and House Intelligence Committees.
You mentioned deregulation and previously defended the Trump administration's dismantling of LGBT protections. That seems more like libertarianism than liberalism.
They have been conflated but I refuse the label. — NOS4A2
I just read the Washington Post. Looks like the whistleblower did not base their concern on that call. There were other calls.....Trump's in trouble now. — 3017amen
What do you think when the whistleblower and IG give testimony?
Do you think the transcript was watered down much like Nixon did, without the audio tapes?
BTW, why, I forgot to ask you, why didn't Trump give a personal interview/testimony during the Muller report?
They’ve not been conflated in the USA, and I believe you’ve claimed to be an American. And it’s not about labeling, it’s about what you value and your moral framework. American liberalism and libertarianism are quite different in these regards. If you’ve expressed your true opinions and beliefs in this topic then you are definitely not an American liberal, but could well be libertarian.
When we accuse someone of high crimes and misdemeanors there must be high crimes and misdemeanors with which to accuse him. — NOS4A2
You cannot just impeach a political figure for no reason!!! — NOS4A2
What are the high crimes and misdemeanors? — NOS4A2
The parts about “pressure” (Ukrainian President just said there was no pressure), — NOS4A2
withholding funding funding (a routine job of the president) — NOS4A2
I suspect you know better. One does not first have to be found guilty before an investigation is opened into whether or not he is guilty.
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