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  1. The Founding Fathers understanding of bribery was derived from English law, under which bribery was understood as an officeholder’s abuse of the power of an office to obtain a private benefit rather than for the public interest. This definition not only encompasses Trump’s conduct—it practically defines it. The Founders placed articles of impeachment in the Constitution for the purpose of protecting our democracy. A democracy that Trump clearly has no respect for, and is trying to tear apart. Article II, Section 4, says the president “shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. “You don’t even have to be convicted of a crime to lose your job in this constitutional republic. Because if this body [Congress] determines that your conduct as a public official is clearly out of bounds in your role . . . because impeachment is not about punishment. Impeachment is about cleansing the office. Impeachment is about restoring honor and integrity to the office.” -- Lindsey "Two Faced" Graham Jan 23, 1999 “I think he’s a kook, I think he’s crazy. I think he’s unfit for office." --Lindsey "Two Faced" Graham on Trump,  Feb, 2016 "Here’s what you’re buying: He’s a race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot. He doesn’t represent my party. He doesn’t represent the values that the men and women who wear the uniform are fighting for. And you know how you make America great again, by telling Donald Trump to go to he//." --Lindsey "Two Faced" Graham on Trump, Dec 8, 2015 “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”  ― Abraham Lincoln
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  2. Trump believes his own lies that Ukraine meddled in our 2016 elections, and not Russia. But here's where it gets tricky. Deep down, Trump realizes that his wild Ukrainian conspiracy isn't true, but the truth has never meant anything to Trump. The lie has always benefited Trump more than the truth, therefore the lie carries more weight with him. Trump can't defend himself unless he believes what he's saying. He believes his own lies not because he actually thinks there's any truth to them, he believes his own lies because he knows he needs to be believe them. He believes his own lies out of necessity. In order for Trump to successfully gaslight his followers, he must first successfully gaslight himself. "Lying is second nature to him. More than anyone else I have ever met. Trump has the ability to convince himself that whatever he is saying at any given moment is true, or sort of true, or at least ought to be true." --Tony Schwartz, the ghost writer for Trump's book "The Art of the Deal":
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  3. rapskallion77 "Donald Trump’s presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we’d be    asking: Is our democracy in danger? Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than twenty years studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and Latin America, and they believe the answer is yes. Democracy no longer ends with a bang—in a revolution or military coup—but with a whimper: the slow, steady weakening of critical institutions, such as the judiciary and the press, and the gradual erosion of long-standing political norms. The good news is that there are several exit ramps on the road to authoritarianism. The bad news is that, by electing Trump, we have already passed the first one.." "How Democracies Die" By Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt
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  4. rapskallion77 We already know that Trump bribed the President of Ukraine with taxpayer money. This fact has been corroborated by the whistleblower, by official documents, texts messages, by the under oath testimony of multiple witnesses, by Trump's own senior white house aides and staff, by Mulvaney, and by State Department officials, and by Trump's own words. Trump's own National Security Adviser Bolton quit over Trump's scheme to bribe Ukraine.
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  5. Eric Echols Sr. Thank you Sir!!👍
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  6. rapskallion77 We have a Constitution built on democratic institutions, which is the way the Founders intended it to be. It has worked for hundreds of years. Today it is under threat from a wannabe dictator who praises other dictators like Kim Jung Un. On July 23, 2019, Trump said this:  "I have an Article 2, where I have the right to do whatever I want as President."😲 This is clearly a man who sees himself as a dictator. Since his campaign, Trump has been trying to tell us that he doesn't believe in democracy or our Constitution. He said it when he bragged about shooting someone on 5th Ave. He said it when he bragged about falling in love with the most despotic dictator in modern history. June 15 2018 Trump praises Kim Jung Un ' control over his people. "He's the head of the country," Trump said of Kim during a Fox interview. "And I mean he's the strong head. Don't let anyone think anything different." "He speaks and his people sit up at attention,"  Trump added. "I want my people to do the same." Sept 30 2018 Trump confesses the love he has for his muse, Kim Jung Un, during a rally. "I like him, he likes me. I guess that’s okay. Am I allowed to say that?” Trump said.  “And then we fell in love, okay” he said. “No really. He wrote me beautiful letters, and they’re great letters. We fell in love.”
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