Trump's defenders are making three ineffective arguments

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Several of the Republican arguments against impeaching President Trump are astonishingly illogical. Let’s examine them.

“Impeachment shouldn’t occur because an election is less than a year away, and the voters can decide for themselves.”
This is a theme pushed incessantly on social media and by Republican officeholders and even by usually sensible conservative columnists. It is poppycock.

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