Impeach': Democrats blast Trump's 'outrageous' plan to take election help from foreign governments
Jun 13, 2019 5:47am PDT by Laura Clawson, Daily Kos Staff
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"Disgraceful." "Outrageous." "A threat to our national security." Democratic presidential candidates had a lot to say about Donald Trump saying he’d
accept election help from a foreign government and might not inform the FBI if he received such an offer. The Democrats’ main message: time to impeach.
“We have a president who thinks he is above the law. The House should immediately begin impeachment inquiries,” tweeted Sen.
Bernie Sanders, who has been
slower to call for impeachment than many of his primary competitors.
”The
#MuellerReport made it clear: A foreign government attacked our 2016 elections to support Trump, Trump welcomed that help, and Trump obstructed the investigation. Now, he said he'd do it all over again. It's time to impeach Donald Trump,” wrote Sen.
Elizabeth Warren.
Former Rep.
Beto O'Rourke: ”When the President of the United States openly welcomes foreign help to win an election, he threatens the very core of our democracy. If we are to secure justice and ensure this never happens again, we must impeach him.”
Former Vice President
Joe Biden: ”President Trump is once again welcoming foreign interference in our elections. This isn’t about politics. It is a threat to our national security. An American President should not seek their aid and abet those who seek to undermine democracy.”
Sen.
Cory Booker: ”It’s not ‘oppo research’ — it’s foreign interference in US elections.
That you would say this is disgraceful. That you would do it from the Oval Office (yet again) proves you’re unfit for the office you hold.”
Calling Trump’s statements “outrageous,” Sen. Kamala Harris told MSNBC that Trump is “putting his self-interest in front of the interests of our democracy and the integrity of our democracy and the American people’s confidence in the security and integrity of our election system.”
And none of this is overblown as a response to what Trump is saying. It really is that disgraceful, outrageous, and destructive to democracy.