Yesterday was a momentous occasion that few people ever see in their lifetimes - the impeachment of a president. The House leadership announced two articles of impeachment declaring that tRump abused the power of his office, and then obstructed Congress trying to cover it up. We've all seen him misusing and abusing his office (almost on a daily basis), but this one stuck - likely because it's simple and straightforward. It also "fits a pattern" of calling on foreign nations to interfere with our elections.
His tendency to obstruct investigations also fits a pattern, as spelled out in the Mueller report.
The Republicans have tried to use a lot of deflections and ginned up outrage to distract from the simple truth that tRump withheld aid from Ukraine because he wanted them do him a favor "though". Among them:
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