It's not about Ukraine

The impeachment of President Trump isn't about Ukraine. It's about America.

Let's put this in the simplest possible terms: Trump tried to steal the 2020 presidential election. And he did so by abusing the power of his office to undermine one of his chief political rivals.

It's a simple, easily digestible message that spells out the stakes of impeachment. Democrats should be hammering it home at every opportunity, like Talking Points Memo's Josh Marshall did in a recent tweet:

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