# The Trump Impeachment Inquiry

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 24, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-impeachment-inquiry/840771 "2019-09-24T20:23:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-impeachment-inquiry/840771/6277 "2019-12-17T23:56:37Z")

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> [@KarlGauss](#):
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> ‘**[We Are Republicans, and We Want Trump Defeated](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/opinion/lincoln-project.html)**’ is the header of an interesting opinion piece in today’s New York Times (i.e. paywall or use up a free pageview). Authored by four ‘traditional’ (and powerful) Republicans - George T. Conway III, Steve Schmidt, John Weaver and Rick Wilson - the article is a rallying call for
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> I was especially taken by one paragraph: These sentences encapsulate perfectly a fundamental reason why Trump and his enablers must be defeated. They have changed the face of America and replaced it with a grotesque mask that can only repel anyone, anywhere who treasures the ideals on which the nation was founded.
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> At the end of the day, I suspect nothing much will come from this effort. Still, in an era where hope is often all we have, I hope I am wrong.

I’m happy when prominent Republicans attack Trump, because I’m happy when anyone attacks Trump. Everyone should attack him. And maybe seeing these four publish this will pull a few extra votes away from Trump. But it is critically important to remember that “traditional Republicans” are still shit people. These were the people who were on board with GWB’s invasion of Iraq and torture gulags. I’m kinda not impressed with their moral leadership. Rick Wilson is a real piece of shit. He was behind the Max Cleland ad, later bragging in an interview with _Cracked_, of all places, that he had “no moral center” and would destroy the innocent and guilty alike in the pursuit of his political goals. He also once tweeted that he couldn’t understand why no one “curbstomped” the writers at Media Matters. He’s a disgusting person who will revert back to being a thoroughgoing shitbag once Trump is out of office.

Again, I am glad to see the in-fighting. I hope they all totally destroy each other. Because anti-Trump Republicans are not our friends. They’re still… Republicans. Fuck them.

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