Trump is using the presidency to rig the 2020 election

He must be impeached

President Trump.
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In July, President Trump withheld $400 million in military aid for "at least a week" prior to a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which Trump pressured Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden's son, The Washington Post reports.

It is beyond obvious what this represents. Trump was attempting to subvert the 2020 election by using his powers of office to gin up a political prosecution of his top opponent's family.

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.