Is it now 'normal' and 'okay' for foreign countries to participate and interfere in our elections?

[spanone]

Has a precedent been set?

Can a sitting president now use congressionally targeted money to bribe foreign governments to assist his campaign?

[NewJeffCT]

1. only Republicans can do that

if a Democrat is merely in the same room as somebody connected to another country, it's a huge scandal worthy of impeachment.

[wishstar]

2. As long as the President is a Republican

Totally unlikely that a Democratic Pres would abuse power so corruptly but hypothetically a Democratic Pres would have already been impeached and removed for doing even a fraction of what Trump has done.

[Farmer-Rick]

3. Yup, Putin is already looking over our voter roles.

[treestar]

4. as long as he thinks his reelection is in the national interest

[SamKnause]

5. Only if you are a republican president.

A Democratic president will be impeached if they try it.

The republicans have made it obvious.

They don't believe the law applies to them.

They are evil liars.

They are the greatest threat this country has ever faced.

[Tom Rinaldo]

6. Of course not. Such goings on are "inappropriate." Got it?

And "Tsk, Tsk" upon anyone who pursues it.

[rockfordfile]

7. No. Trump and the gop Senators got caught

[lark]

8. Any and everything a Dem does is impeachable immediately just because they don't fluff oligarchs

sufficiently. Anything a repug does is legal, regardless of any laws. Laws don't matter when it's one of them. Let's see them defend against cover up ads and destruction of healthcare, Medicare, social security and Medicaid. WE've got drumpfs tape saying he wants to cut these because people are richer. Most Americans don't agree, we've just got to get a tsunami at the polls, people that will stay no matter what obstruction repugs pull, because you know they will not go lightly into that good night, they will fight to the death to squash the light and SCOTUS is totally in on the destruction of the constitution, for the benefit of the oligarchs worldwide who now get a say in all elections.

[old guy]

9. Yes, yes, and yup.