Chris Crawford
2 min readJul 13, 2020

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While I agree with your points 2, 3, and 4, I utterly reject the claim that Mr. Trump is a patriot. He has repeatedly demonstrated disdain for the Constitution, violating it repeatedly. He put his own personal interests ahead of those of America in attempting to use government money to induce the Ukraine to provide him with assistance for the election. The list of his sins and crimes against the Constitution is long and well-documented.

This is not a conspiracy theory. There is no assumption of a secret cabal manipulating events to maintain control. These are facts supported by solid evidence.

You are right that America tends to overlook presidential transgressions once they leave office. But the crimes of Mr. Trump go far beyond those of any previous president. The list of crimes of which he is reasonably suspected is long. We have already firmly established ten cases of obstruction of justice (a serious crime) for which any other person would have been indicted.

More important, the case being pursued by the State of New York concerns crimes that were committed before Mr. Trump took office, and they are state crimes, not federal crimes.

It is true that an indictment, prosecution, and conviction of Mr. Trump would be politically explosive. However, if indeed the November election produces a Blue Tsunami, the Republican Party will likely disavow Trumpism, jettisoning his ardent supporters. It's hard to know how solid Mr. Trump's support is. For example, Mr. Lindsey Graham was a ferocious opponent of Mr. Trump prior to his nomination, then became an equally ferocious supporter of Mr. Trump, and will likely revert to ferocious denunciation of Mr. Trump after the election. Indeed, we are already seeing fissures in the Republican Party as politicians up for re-election realize what an electoral liability he has become.

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Chris Crawford

Master of Science, Physics, 1975. Computer Game Designer. Interactive Storytelling. www.erasmatazz.com