What IS impeachable if asking a foreign government for dirt on a political opponent is not? Is he going to have to actually shoot someone on 5th Avenue as he claimed he could do and not lose support?Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said on Monday that President Trump shouldn't have asked China or Russia to investigate former Vice President Biden, but stressed that he didn't think the conduct warranted impeachment.
“The president should not have raised the Biden issue on that call, period. It’s not appropriate for a president to engage a foreign government in an investigation of a political opponent,” Portman told The Columbus Dispatch.
Portman is the latest GOP senator to distance themselves from Trump's public overtures to have Ukraine and China investigate Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.
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In addition to Portman, GOP Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Mitt Romney (Utah) and Sasse (Neb.) have publicly pushed back after Trump publicly floated that China should start an investigation.
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Collins, over the weekend, called Trump's remarks "completely inappropriate" and said she thought he made a "big mistake by asking China to get involved in investigating a political opponent." Sasse said in a statement on Thursday night that "Americans don’t look to Chinese commies for the truth." And Romney pushed back forcefully, calling Trump's rhetoric "wrong and appalling."
No Senate Republican has backed the House's impeachment inquiry.
“I don’t view it as an impeachable offense. I think the House, frankly, rushed to impeachment assuming certain things," Portman added to the Dispatch.
The Hill
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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