(09-27-2019 09:18 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(09-26-2019 08:10 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  The second biggest thing is that this confirms Trump cares nothing about maintaining the trust of the American people - if he did, he wouldn’t have come close to personally trying to convince a foreign power to investigate anything related to a political opponent.

by political opponent, you mean someone who may have engaged in quid-pro-quo for personal gain?

That's the problem with your position... same with the Russian emails... If Biden did nothing wrong, there is nothing to investigate. if there is, what is the difference, except party... and that Trump's inquiry doesn't exist without Biden's clear (under this assumption) crime.

Are you saying asking a foreign government to help us root out crimes that involved them is wrong?

No - I'm saying Trump shouldn't be directly involved in investigative matters that involve his political opponents.

If Biden truly did something wrong, we have non-partisan ways of handling investigations. If the Justice Department felt that whatever crime Trump and Giuliani are suggesting Biden committed was credible enough and serious enough to pursue, let them investigate and keep Trump out of it.

Are you saying you're fine with the president using his power and influence to push for investigations of anyone he is interested in pursuing, regardless of its influence on our national interest?