colfax_m
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Are you under the impression that he has to spell it out?
Threats that are implicit are still very much threats.
Yes, he does have to spell it out if you want to charge him with anything. Democrats interpretation of the call is not evidence for impeachment. Like I said, it's a lie. If you're going to accuse the President of giving an ultimatum, then you have to show where that ultimatum is.
People all over the country have been tried and found guilty for making implicit threats. Do we hold Trump to the same standards as everyone else?
Do we hold them accountable by the determinations of other people and their assumptions?
What this is about is what other people thought. It's not about what Trump actually said. Words have meanings to them. The word "favor" means an act of kindness, without remunerations.
Trump said X.
Democrats: He must have meant Y.
Words do have meanings but they’re not always used the way the dictionary says.
“Nice place you got here. Shame if something were to happen to it. Now please do us a favor and give us the money”.
There’s no threat there. Right?
And you think Trump said anything like that? Ridiculous.
I’m making a point. You can make a threat without literally saying the threat. Do you agree or disagree?