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riversedge

(70,192 posts)
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 02:27 PM Feb 2020

Washington Post, New York Times Editorial Boards Warn Donald Trump: 'It's Not Over' Both newspapers






02/06/2020 05:12 am ET Updated 3 hours ago


Washington Post, New York Times Editorial Boards Warn Donald Trump: ‘It’s Not Over’
Both newspapers made ominous predictions of how Trump will respond to his Senate acquittal.



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-york-times-washington-post-boards-trump-acquittal_n_5e3bdc9bc5b6b70886fa6890


The editorial boards of The Washington Post and The New York Times on Wednesday issued searing responses to the GOP-controlled Senate’s vote to acquit Donald Trump on impeachment charges, warning the president may now feel empowered to act however he wants.

The Post, in an editorial titled “It’s not over. Congress must continue to hold Trump accountable,” predicted Trump would take his acquittal “as vindication and license for further improper actions.”

“That makes it incumbent upon responsible members of Congress, Republicans and Democrats alike, to do what they can to protect the integrity of the November election, as well as that of the Constitution,” the newspaper’s board wrote.

Given how Trump “has said he would accept dirt on an opponent if it were offered by a foreign government,” the Post’s said there is “no reason to believe that Russia, Saudi Arabia and other authoritarian regimes favored by Mr. Trump won’t try to help his campaign, as Russia did in 2016.”............................................
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Washington Post, New York Times Editorial Boards Warn Donald Trump: 'It's Not Over' Both newspapers (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2020 OP
better start fighting for these measures, everyone................. Grasswire2 Feb 2020 #1
Mitch knows his party won't win on a level playing field. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #2
Time for Democrats to start getting help from foreign Gov's to dig up dirt on Trump. Chakaconcarne Feb 2020 #3
It is 100% guaranteed that he will start doing it again, BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #4
I would bet that he never stopped doing it Kaiserguy Feb 2020 #5
I agree. BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #6

Grasswire2

(13,568 posts)
1. better start fighting for these measures, everyone.................
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 03:03 PM
Feb 2020

1. Hand Marked Paper Ballots, Voter Verifiable.

2. Strong Audit Trail.

3. Strong Ballot Security.

4. NO APPS. NO WIFI. NO OPTICAL SCANNING. NO REPORTING ELECTRONICALLY.

The legislation for safe elections, called The SAFE ACT, has been sitting on Mitch's desk for eons. He will not bring it to a vote.



It's up to US to demand these measures in every state. States are still buying hackable systems.

Follow @jennycohn1 on twitter for the best into on election security. She's also on youtube Jennifer Cohn.

IT'S UP TO US.

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
4. It is 100% guaranteed that he will start doing it again,
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 07:28 PM
Feb 2020

that is if he hasn't already done so. I bet he made a couple of calls as soon as the Senate voted.

The Dems can impeach him a many more times if/when he continues to break the law and his oath. I ran a DU Poll a week ago and 89% of DUers said "Yes, impeach again" if he breaks the law again.

Kaiserguy

(740 posts)
5. I would bet that he never stopped doing it
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 10:10 PM
Feb 2020

and never will until the day he dies. Why would he, there have never been any repercussion for his actions.

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