The truth in front of our noses:...

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https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-truth-in-front-of-our-noses-20191117-ztrkifsw4vbinmd3byexvvts6q-story.html?fbclid=IwAR3wU0h2NB5vbMSL0sIzVZmoRNbK62nVPRPNcboS3PhloCCXgjHkuokbgUA

The truth in front of our noses: Donald Trump’s behavior is disgustingly corrupt and impeachable, whatever his defenders do or say
By Garry Kasparov
New York Daily News |
Nov 17, 2019 | 8:42 AM
Fear of a potentially corrupt president is why the the Founding Fathers conceived of impeachment.


It was foolish to hope that Donald Trump would be cowed into better behavior by the start of impeachment hearings last Wednesday. His type never admits wrongdoing, never apologizes, never changes for the better. Instead, they smear their accusers, attack the witnesses, and cause as much chaos as possible to distract from the growing pile of evidence against them.

Along the way, they drag their supporters down to their level, obliging them to twist the truth and contort their morals to defend the indefensible.

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Just hours after several Republican senators met with Erdogan, Trump’s staunch defender Lindsey Graham blocked a Senate resolution condemning the Armenian genocide, a measure that recently passed the House by a vote of 405-11. Perhaps Graham considers it politically incorrect to condemn a past genocide when Turkey is now keen to commit another with tacit U.S. approval.

Such immoral lunacy is why impeachment is not only valid, but urgent. This is not a partisan matter, which is why the Renew Democracy Initiative recently moved to support the impeachment inquiry. The American people deserve the opportunity to pick a side between corruption and the rule of law, between democracy and autocracy, between the truth and deception. We already know which side Trump has taken in each case. Now his Republican defenders should be forced to do the same, to pick a side in full view of the voting public.

“Facts are stubborn things,” wrote John Adams. And we must be no less stubborn in defending those facts. If Trump is so infallible, he and his defenders should have no qualms about having him deliver the truth not on Twitter, not at a rally, but under oath.

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1. Corruption v. the rule of law distills the Trump argument down to its essence

It’s that simple despite the many distractions and straw man arguments.