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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFormer GOP Rep. Tom Colemean calls for impeachment of both Trump and Pence!
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/24/1860073/-Former-GOP-Rep-Tom-Coleman-Trump-Pence-are-illegitimate-Impeach-themFormer GOP Rep. Tom Coleman, from Missouri, penned a powerful Op-Ed that appeared in The Kansas City Star Wednesday. In it he calls not only for the impeachment of the pretender Trump, but also his chief enabler, V.P. Pence and says their installation in the two top positions in the executive branch was illegitimate.
https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article230713224.html
According to the redacted Mueller report, candidate Donald Trump, along with members of his team, on multiple occasions welcomed Russian interference on his behalf during the 2016 presidential campaign. For example, the report details a meeting between the Trump campaign chairman and a Russian intelligence asset where polling information and campaign strategy were shared.
While Mueller did not find sufficient evidence that Trump or his campaign had violated a criminal statute, the net effect was that the Trump campaign encouraged a foreign adversary to use and misrepresent stolen information on social media platforms to defraud U.S. voters. Because the presidency was won in this way, the presidents election victory brought forth nothing less than an illegitimate presidency
...Because DOJ regulations put a president above the law while in office, I believe the only viable option available is for the House of Representatives, under Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution, to open its own investigation, hold public hearings and then determine if they should pursue removal of the president through impeachment. There is a trove of evidence in the Mueller report indicating Trump has committed multiple impeachable offenses, including abuse of power and lying to the American public. Both were part of the articles of impeachment brought against President Richard Nixon. This process would allow a full public review of wrongdoing, while providing Americans an opportunity to obtain a better understanding of the consequences to our national security and the lingering threat to our democracy.
While Mueller did not find sufficient evidence that Trump or his campaign had violated a criminal statute, the net effect was that the Trump campaign encouraged a foreign adversary to use and misrepresent stolen information on social media platforms to defraud U.S. voters. Because the presidency was won in this way, the presidents election victory brought forth nothing less than an illegitimate presidency
...Because DOJ regulations put a president above the law while in office, I believe the only viable option available is for the House of Representatives, under Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution, to open its own investigation, hold public hearings and then determine if they should pursue removal of the president through impeachment. There is a trove of evidence in the Mueller report indicating Trump has committed multiple impeachable offenses, including abuse of power and lying to the American public. Both were part of the articles of impeachment brought against President Richard Nixon. This process would allow a full public review of wrongdoing, while providing Americans an opportunity to obtain a better understanding of the consequences to our national security and the lingering threat to our democracy.
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Wow--the dam is beginning to crack.......There's more at the link--and it's jaw-dropping!
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Former GOP Rep. Tom Colemean calls for impeachment of both Trump and Pence! (Original Post)
lastlib
May 2019
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Thank you so much for your answer LPMAD. I was just getting ready to puke when I read this.
JoeOtterbein
May 2019
#6
Eliot Rosewater
(31,106 posts)1. Another patriot with an R after their name
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)2. Retired?
Still it has to start somewhere.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)3. Why can't he go on the Sunday shows with this. nt
triron
(21,984 posts)4. Send this to Rachel. Perhaps she will get him on her show.
Rachel@msnbc.com I believe.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)5. Makes me sick that our party isn't standing
up for what's right instead of thinking politics.
JoeOtterbein
(7,699 posts)6. Thank you so much for your answer LPMAD. I was just getting ready to puke when I read this.
It's nice to know I'm not alone.
certainot
(9,090 posts)8. easy for democrats who ignore talk radio while it attacks their reps all day
democrats have been clear - it's up to the fucking republican cowards to be americans instead of kremlin stooges. but there are a lot of democrats living in cities who have no clue that AOC, for instance, has been referenced by limbaugh with "take her out"
certainot
(9,090 posts)7. missouri. that's limbaugh's home state and he's going to attack the 'traitor' coleman tomorrow
unless he'll thinks ignoring him will make it go away
coleman would know this, and good on him for being braver than than all the other republicans who shake and pray at the thought of limbaugh naming them
lpbk2713
(42,740 posts)9. Maybe there are some (R)s who put country over party after all.
But they are definitely in the minority.
Martin Eden
(12,847 posts)11. He's not facing re-election
Easy to be brave when your political career isn't at stake.
Nevertheless, we need more like him to speak up.