Trump deserves impeachment—but will that lead to someone worse?!

By SJ Otto

Technically the new Robert Mueller report tells us that Trump broke no laws. He did nothing wrong that can cause him to be charged with a crime.  At the same time there were at least 10 criminal acts that Trump tried to commit, but his aids stopped him. His intent was criminal, but he did not carry those intentions out.

Just weeks ago Trump tried to claim that the Mueller report exonerated him. We now know that is not true. Trump actually tried to get Mueller fired.

Democrats are now discussing impeachment procedures. There is no doubt that Trump deserves to be impeached. He carelessly flaunts rules that everyone else seems to have to follow, but he seems to think he is above the law. From the start he was a repugnant politician that most normal people, in this country, strongly disliked. He was exposed as a sexist who told Billy Bush that he is able to walk up and grab women’s crotches and they don’t say anything because he is rich and a star. He haspaid off two porn stars to try and keep them from exposing their affairs to the press. On top of that he is one of the most right-wing presidents this country has had since Ronald Reagan. He is 100 percent pro-business going as far as protecting predatory lending companies.

Trump is an ultra-conservative, but he goes beyond that, he is an all out asshole. There are so many reasons to not like trump that we could fill a book with them.

I could mention his abysmal foreign policies, except the last two Democrats (and many Democrats in Congress) held mostly the same policies.

The big drawback to him being impeached is that Mike Pence would or could end up as our president. He is just as conservative and anti-worker and anti-poor as Trump, but he is a lot slicker. There are a lot of people who hate Trump, but not necessarily his policies. We need to oppose the entire package and not just Trump’s repugnant personality. Pence could be a real danger to this country if he ends up as the president.

Let’s proceed cautiously.