Donald Trump #IMpotus45 - impeachment is about abuse of power!

Withholding Ukraine Aid was Flat Out Wrong!
Two opinion echos published in the California newspaper the Fresno Bee

"It really just boils down to Donald Trump (IMpotus45) placing more importance on his political future instead of the security of the United Sates of America. This impeachment is about an abuse of power, plain and simple," Rod Palmer, Visalia California.

Irresponsible Republicans made zero attempts to defend Donald Trump's illegal actions during the impeachment hearings to #IMpotus45. Most likely, this lack of truth was because they could not come up with any viable defense for the quid pro quo, "though". 

Instead, Republicans ignore truth and misdirect the issue by attacking witnesses, wrongly refer to purported misdeeds by the previous administration and incredulously say the #IMpotus45 actions are more favorable to Ukraine than Russia. (OMG!)

To simplify the timeline: the military aid for Ukraine that was approved by Congress was held up at the direction of Donald Trump for almost two months and then was released only after the whistle-blower complaint became public, That was aid meant to help Ukraine confront Russia's military aggression; so such a long delay probably cost lives as well as our reputation.

Just because Ukraine finally received the aid doesn't mean Trump didn't abuse his authority in withholding it, especially for personal gain. If you really want to clarify just how bad that really is, replace the name "Trump" with "Obama" or "Clinton" in any of the news articles you read and then you can't help but get the perspective.

Joe Messer, Fresno California