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LINK 700 Historians Publish Damning Letter Urging The House To Impeach Trump On Wednesday

Topline: More than 700 historians have published a scathing open letter urging the House to impeach President Donald Trump, as lawmakers gear up for a historic vote to charge him with abuse of power and obstruction of congress on Wednesday.

Invoking the words of Alexander Hamilton, the letter said that Trump fits the description of what the founding father called an unscrupulous demagogue who is “unprincipled in private life, desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper, possessed of considerable talents …despotic in his ordinary demeanour.”

It adds that Trump’s actions “committed both before and during the House investigations ... manifest utter and deliberate scorn for the rule of law and ‘repeated injuries’ to constitutional democracy.”

The signatories warned that Trump’s continuing disregard constitutes a “clear and present danger to the Constitution.”

Historians who signed the letter, published on Medium, include Robert Dallek, a Pulitzer nominee who has chronicled presidents Nixon and Kennedy, and Brenda Wineapple, author of The Impeachers, which recounts the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
Trump has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and has called the process a “hoax” and a “sham.”

HippieChick58 9 Feb 8
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Of course, unfortunately we all have witnessed over and over how little the republicans fail to heed advice from experts. They would rather go to some conspiratorialist for their (bogus) information. Still, I have some confidence justice will prevail and he and his will get their just deserts in the end.

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Convict and then imprison.

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alleged patriots...listen to your founding fathers...

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WOW! I wonder what the gop will do with this. Nothing probably but I hope it gets to be part of the record.

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Love it

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Why bother Senate Republicans either can't read (why they liked trump so much) or just refuse to.

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Love Hamilton’s spot-on description of the Trumps of the world!

He nailed it alright!.

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