Quote (IceMage @ 19 Dec 2019 22:33)
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My response to this question was implicitly contained here:
Quote (Black XistenZ @ 19 Dec 2019 20:04)
I didnt say that all politicians are as corrupt as he is. He most definitely is pulling shit like that more often than most. My point was that pressuring allies for self-serving purposes is something that plenty of world leaders before him did as well, and that his actions on Ukraine therefore should not be considered to be a uniquely corrupt behavior. In any case, I dont think that this crime is severe enough to clear the incredibly high bar for removing a president from office. Censure would have been the appropriate response from Congress.
1. I acknowledge that he acted with corrupt intent.
2. I explicitly called his actions a crime.
3. I think that his actions on Ukraine were deserving of an investigation and, in the end, a congressional censure.
It's been my position for many weeks now that what Trump did was bad, but not bad enough to justify a step as extremely drastic as removal from office.
An investigation plus censure should be enough to deter this kind of abuse of power and prevent it from becoming standard practice.