The US ambassador to Brazil reportedly asked Brazilian officials to help Trump's reelection

[yortsed snacilbuper]

The Trump administration has been accused of attempting to pressure another foreign country into helping Trump’s reelection prospects, according to a letter from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

That letter cites Brazilian news articles that report US ambassador to Brazil Todd Chapman pressured members of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration to lower ethanol tariffs in order to support President Donald Trump’s reelection efforts.

In the letter, Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Rep. Eliot Engel demands Chapman explain an article in which the ambassador is said to have asked for the tariffs to be lowered as a “favor” from the Brazilian government to the Trump reelection campaign.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-us-ambassador-to-brazil-reportedly-asked-brazilian-officials-to-help-trump-s-reelection/ar-BB17skzH?ocid=msedgntp

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. GOP no longer thinks this is wrong, unless democrats do it, that is.

Our system of government will not survive if one of the two parties refuses to acknowledge the law and the institutions.

This is why I am pretty certain we will not have a normal election or a normal transfer of power and I worry that we are not preparing for that.

If a democrat did that, civil unrest in all cities, fires everywhere.

[UTUSN]

2. K&R

[Cha]

3. This seems important.

[SouthernCal_Dem]

4. But Susan Collins said Trump would learn his lesson. nt

[COLGATE4]

6. He did. He learned that, Senate be damned

he can do whatever the hell he feels like doing with zero consequences. Lesson learned.

[rickford66]

5. Impeach him again.

[ThoughtCriminal]

7. Wouldn't this be a Hatch Act violation?

One of many that Barr will overlook.