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The real beginning

The Obama administration and Secretary of State Clinton allowing the sale to a Russian company of 20% of the uranium mining rights in the U.S was the beginning.

Then we learned people tied to the Russian company donated over $2 million to the Clinton Foundation. When Obama pandered to Russia, telling President Medvedev, on tape, that he would have “more flexibility” after the elections and Medvedev replied “I’ll tell Vladimir” - it started to smell.

When Obama did nothing to stop Russia from invading Crimea and sent Ukraine humanitarian aid instead of the military aid asked for – it was enough.

With video proof that then Vice-President Biden bragged about threatening to withhold aid to the Ukraine if they didn’t fire a prosecutor, who was investigating the Ukrainian company his son was involved in (“… and son of a b**** he got fired…”) - it’s overwhelming.

Now, when President Trump does the right thing by asking the president of Ukraine to assist in investigating corruption that took place in Ukraine, perpetrated by U.S. officials, to benefit themselves and families financially - he’s being impeached for it?

You are right Mr. Wavada, we are upset – a Democrat in the White House did pander to Putin and let his Russian oligarch handler do whatever he wanted. It’s more than enough to convince us we voted correctly in 2016, and have no choice but to do it again in 2020.

Chan Bailey

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