Impeach Trump for MANY, MANY reasons besides his Ukraine-related crimes

Trump has committed MANY, MANY federal crimes.

Trump has violated the Constitution in MANY, MANY ways.

The Constitution EXPLICITLY PROHIBITS using the power of the presidency to enrich oneself.  The Constitution’s term “emoluments” means exactly that, and the Constitution EXPLICITLY PROHIBITS both foreign and domestic “emoluments.

Trump has been violating those parts of the Constitution CONSISTENTLY — EVERY DAY — since his first day in office.  But the House Democrats have refused to impeach him for those constitutional violations.

Trump has REPEATEDLY violated the Constitution’s explicit “separation of power” that authorize the Congress to do certain things.  But Trump has HIJACKED PUBLIC FUNDING that the Congress appropriated for certain purposes and used it instead to build his stupid wall.  But the House Democrats have refused to impeach him for those constitutional violations.

Trump’s REPEATED vilifications and threats against journalists VIOLATE their First Amendment rights.  But the House Democrats have refused to impeach him for those constitutional violations.

Trump has KIDNAPPED MANY THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES — and IMPRISONED THEM IN CAGES — and denied them any due process — and denied them decent health care, so some of them have needlessly denied.  KIDNAPPING IS A CRIME!  But the House Democrats have refused to impeach him for those constitutional violations.

The Mueller Report identified ten or more cases where TRUMP ILLEGALLY OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE.  But the House Democrats have refused to impeach him for those constitutional violations.

The list goes on and on!

 

The only thing House Democrats care about is Trump’s illegal politicking against Joe Biden, a Democratic politician!

Trump’s supporters can easily dismiss that as Democrats acting in partisan ways.

Actually, some public opinion polls show OVERWHELMINGLY PEOPLE OPPOSE CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT!

And many public opinion polls show OVERWHELMINGLY PEOPLE OPPOSE TRUMP’S KIDNAPPING AND CRUELTY TO IMMIGRANT CHILDREN!

PUBLIC OPINION STRONGLY OPPOSES MANY OF TRUMP’S CRIMES AND CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS, so if House Democrats had impeached him for those reasons, MOST AMERICANS WOULD VIGOROUSLY SUPPORT IMPEACHMENT!  THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN “SLAM-DUNKS” that almost every Republican House and Senate member would have agreed are impeachable offenses.  But the House Democrats have refused to impeach him for those constitutional violations that WOULD HAVE RALLIED OVERWHELMING BI-PARTISAN PRESSURE FOR IMPEACHMENT!

Instead the House Democrats limited their efforts mostly to something that many people can dismiss as merely a partisan squabble — and that is too complicated for many people to understand.  The House Democrats IGNORED the impeachable offenses that are OBVIOUS, BLATANT, EASY TO UNDERSTAND, and would attract majority public opinion, and would be nearly impossible for Republicans to oppose.

 

 

 

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Since the late 1960s Glen Anderson has devoted his life to working as a volunteer for peace, nonviolence, social justice, and progressive political issues. He has worked through many existing organizations and started several. Over the years he has worked especially for such wide-ranging goals as making peace with Vietnam, eliminating nuclear weapons, converting from a military economy to a peacetime economy, abolishing the death penalty, promoting nonviolence at all levels throughout society, and helping people organize and strategize for grassroots movements to solve many kinds of problems. He writes, speaks, and conducts training workshops on a wide variety of topics. Since 1987 he has produced and hosted a one-hour cable TV interview program on many kinds of issues. Since 2017 he has blogged at https://parallaxperspectives.org He lives in Lacey near Olympia WA. You can reach him at (360) 491-9093 glen@parallaxperspectives.org