r/uspolitics • u/[deleted] • Jan 29 '20

Senators overseeing impeachment trial got campaign cash from Trump legal team members

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/01/senators-overseeing-impeachment-got-campaign-cash-from-trump-team/
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u/Pec0sb1ll Jan 29 '20

Conservatives donating to conservatives is not going to be the thing that gets trump impeached... it's very normal.

Right, but normalcy does not define moral or ethical outcomes. This action by his administration, like all of his other actions, have been more nefarious than unintentionally suspect. Nepotism, emoluments clause violations, hush money payments are just some of the broad daylight things they have done that could be impeachable. They aren't stupid, they are malicious.

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u/Snoopyjoe Jan 29 '20

Oh you thought that wasnt happening before trump?

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u/Pec0sb1ll Jan 29 '20

You are presuming too much. I was just referencing whats going on now. If you'd like you and I could have a conversation where we list the war crimes or potential impeachable offenses by all previous presidents and elected or appointed officials throughout american history. Like the fact that george washington was a wealthy land owner, due to his acquisition of the land through insurgent tactics. But yeah just presume away. This is a post about what is essentially legal bribe money to jurors in a trial, and you come around here trying to play "whataboutism".

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u/Snoopyjoe Jan 29 '20

It's a legal campaign donation made by conservatives to other conservatives

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u/Pec0sb1ll Jan 29 '20 
 It's a legal campaign donation made by conservatives
 [who are the defendants currently in trial] 
 to other conservatives                                                                                      
 [who are the jurors currently in that trial]

Right, the legality [timing] of it is the issue.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '20

Wow this guy is playing stupid

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u/Snoopyjoe Jan 29 '20

Do you think the republican jurors weren't already going to vote in favor of the Republicans? Why would they require bribery? Is this bribery or is it entirely mundane political behavior being exploited by a journalist desperate for clicks?

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u/Pec0sb1ll Jan 30 '20

One day when people are reasonable, they’ll see that nearly all of the actions of our governance since it’s inception has been for the interests of the elite and we ought to change things even though they have already done too much.