The bottom-line allegation in the whistleblower complaint is that Trump sought to "solicit interference from a foreign country" for electoral gain, which was the core animating theme of Russiagate. This is a continuation of Russiagate by another name
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Replying to @mtracey
right except this time it happened. Like, if Trump literally called Putin and asked him to mess with Clinton, you’d agree that would be wrong, right?
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(which of course he literally did do, on national TV, and then Putin did exactly what he asked for, but we've all decided it was a "joke" and therefore not a big deal)
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Replying to @DavidKlion @ryangrim
Thanks for confirming the inseparability of the debunked Russiagate narrative to the present narrative.
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Happy to confirm that it was bad when Trump corruptly dealt with foreign regimes then, now, and in innumerable other examples. And well aware that you think such dealings are totally fine.
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Replying to @DavidKlion @ryangrim
Trump's corrupt dealings with foreign regimes are indeed bad and numerous, but the "Russia, if you're listening" wisecrack precipitated a humiliating years-long debacle that swindled large segments of the media and political class, such as you, so I exclude that one.
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How about the fact that he was negotiating a massive real estate deal with the Russian government at the time while outright lying to the public about it? Does that count as corruption? Because it's pretty typical of how he's run his foreign policy ever since.
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Hmm, I read the Mueller Report which said that no evidence could be found that those "negotiations" consisted of anything of consequence other than one pointless Michael Cohen phone call. But again, I appreciate you keeping this whole thing alive, it's very clarifying.
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"anything of consequence" okay Mike, this has been clarifying indeed
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