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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 23 Jan 2020

    1. In which @JoshMBlackman explains why the presence of self-serving political motives isn't the right standard for impeachable abuse of power. The *proper* question should be whether self-serving acts *had no legitimate public purpose* https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/opinion/trump-impeachment-defense.html …

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      2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 23 Jan 2020

        2. I've discussed this standard here. Getting the question right is important for determining what evidence is relevant. Key question should be what Trump asked of Ukraine & whether there was a legitimate public basis for it.https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/did-trump-abuse-his-power-with-ukraine/ …

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      3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 23 Jan 2020

        3. For Trump's critics on the Left, *bad motive* is the go-to move, since it invokes often-unprovable conjecture, allows his powers to be constrained without constraining those of a future D POTUS, & keeps the focus on Trump's general bad character rather than public policy.

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      4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 23 Jan 2020

        4. Trump's bad character is indeed very relevant to "should I vote for this guy?" It's not the right question in judging his official acts once they're done.

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      5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 23 Jan 2020

        5. The key abuse Qs here are not quid pro quo per se but (1) seeking a foreign investigation of a prominent US citizen rather than using DOJ, (2) pressing a foreign govt to give info to POTUS' personal lawyer, & (3) pressing Ukraine to publicize an investigation up front.

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      2. Bobson Dugnutt‏ @RosasCatMimi 23 Jan 2020
        Replying to @baseballcrank @JoshMBlackman

        Do you think his actions had a legitimate public purpose?

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      3. Matt Evans‏ @vincef1234 23 Jan 2020
        Replying to @RosasCatMimi @baseballcrank @JoshMBlackman

        Exactly. I would imagine that if this were Joe Biden as President and Nikki Haley as the political rival the arguments might look different from Dan.

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      2. Stephen Thorson  🦡  🧀‏ @StephenThorson 23 Jan 2020
        Replying to @baseballcrank @JoshMBlackman

        Doesn't this argument imply the following?, "Ordering an investigation of my political ally killed is ok as long as I say that doing so saved money." "Ordering the government to buy hammers from my son's company is ok so long as the government needed the hammers."

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      3. Office of Pilot Punditry‏ @captainkudzu 23 Jan 2020
        Replying to @StephenThorson @baseballcrank @JoshMBlackman

        Or ordering the government to patronize Trump properties is okay as long as the government needs hotel rooms and meeting space.

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      2. DKC‏ @rubyshooz8 23 Jan 2020
        Replying to @QuinHillyer @baseballcrank @JoshMBlackman

        Trump’s Latest Manufacturing Jobs Achievements Should Terrify 2020 Democrats The most recently available jobs data show since January 2017, Trump’s first month in office, more than 480,000 manufacturing jobs have been added.https://www.theepochtimes.com/trumps-latest-manufacturing-jobs-achievements-should-terrify-2020-democrats_3212754.html …

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