One of many stunners from yesterday's question- and- answer session in the impeachment trial was flailing
For more than a week, House managers prosecuting the impeachment case against Trump have argued that the Senate’s failure to convict him would make Trump an unaccountable leader; in effect, a dictator or a king. When Dershowitz spoke, it was if he completely agreed with them. Two days earlier, Dershowitz had told senators that Presidential “abuse of power” should not be considered an impeachable offense under the Constitution. On Wednesday, he took that further—much further. “If a President does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment,” he argued. Dershowitz was offering Trump—and all future Presidents—a free pass. His argument seemed unbelievable: as long as the President thinks his reëlection will benefit the country, he can do anything in pursuit of it without fear of impeachment. Really? (our emphasis)According to reports, the verbalization of this totalitarian wet dream caused some of the fascism- curious members of the banana Republican caucus in the Senate to slither away when asked to comment on it. They need to pull Dersh aside and remind him not to say the quiet parts out loud. Republicans would rather pursue the same end by other means: encouraging and accommodating foreign interference in elections, voter suppression, gerrymandering, and if all else fails, sabotaging elected Democratic officials at every opportunity. Because, to them, the only legitimate election outcome is a Republican victory.
There is no higher calling for a patriotic American citizen than to vote for every Democrat on their ballot in November.
BONUS: Stephen Colbert spent the first half of his monologue last night skewering the "aging underwear model."
