I have said it before, but need to say again: Trump should have been impeached upon taking office as he was immediately in violation of his oath of office bc he was taking domestic and foreign #Emoluments. 1/
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To claim that somehow taking
#Emoluments does not merit impeachment is downright dangerous. 4/Show this thread
Apart from the prudential problems with allowing various parties to curry financial favor with the President, it cannot be that a President gets to pick and choose the Constitutional provisions with which he will comply. 5/
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Selective responsiveness to the Constitution you have committed to uphold is one of the highest crimes a US President could commit. 6/
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From the moment Trump was inaugurated he was in dereliction of his definitive ethical and legal obligation: to uphold the Constitution. 7/
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Trump’s corrupt and unconstitutional acceptance of
#Emoluments and GOP Congressional complicity right from the get go told us everything about the illegitimacy of this President and his party. 8/Show this thread -
Imagine a Congress that had immediately held hearings into Trump’s unapproved acceptance of
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The first order of business of such hearings would have been to obtain and examine Trump’s financial records. 10/
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Various payments now being revealed might have come to light right away. 11/
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Or Trump might have refused to give his financial records to Congress, putting himself into obvious contempt of Congress and possibly precipating impeachment on that ground. 12/
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Less likely, but still possible: rather than get into a showdown over disclosure of his financial records, Trump might have resigned. 13/
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The GOP’s refusal to require Trump to act in accordance with the U.S. Constitution re
#Emoluments sealed their assent to a lawless presidency. 14/Show this thread -
This is why we need to replace elected Rs with Democrats at every opportunity. The problem is not just Trump. 15/
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We cannot maintain a constitutional democracy with one major political party in cahoots with Executive betrayal of the U.S. Constitution. 16/end
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