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Wildling
Without a phone call transcript, we won't know with 100% whether bribery occurred or not in President Trump's phone call to Ukraine.
But if it turns out Trump used military aid as a bargaining tool to get Joe Biden investigated, this law professor says:
Opinion | Under the Constitution, Trump's Ukraine call is grounds for impeachmentThe Constitution provides for impeachment in cases of “treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” Trump’s alleged attempt to strongarm Ukraine into smearing a political opponent fits well within this framework. Using the office of the president for personal political benefit comports with both the standard understandings of bribery and the broader category of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Bribery is a deeply pernicious form of public corruption, and legal standards spelling out the offense often define it as a quid pro quo — that is, where both sides exchange something of value.
Since January 2017, you people have made anything and everything about Impeachment. The problem is that the leaders on your side are pussies and are afraid to bring Impeachment against Trump. Shit or get off the pot.
They're not "afraid" to bring impeachment per se, they collectively realize that without irrefutable, smoking gun evidence there isn't any chance that impeachment will lead to a conviction in the Senate. In the meantime impeachment TALK is a nice political tool since completely safe seat douche bags-D like Pelosi can take on the role of saying NO, while other dickweeds-D in more competitive districts can pound the table and "demand justice".
In other words, they can have their cake and eat it too without all the political risk that actually bringing articles of impeachment entails.
In the meantime the mindless drones in that make up the "base" are too distracted by arguments regarding what are "impeachable offenses" to notice they're being manipulated.
Bang the drum slowly. They have never accepted Election consequences. They did this with Bush and now Trump. They only accept Elections when they win.
Republicans pull the same bullshit when they lose too, their base requires such pointless antics just like the Democrat base does.
Granted the Democrats have been doing a lot more of the sore loser routine for the last 10 years but on the other hand, they've been losing more often than the Republicans have.