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TinyViolins · 31-35, M
I think seeing the country turn on him in November is punishment enough. Trump is by far the worst President the US has ever had, and I don't think it's even close, but you have to consider the long-term consequences of seeking out punitive justice.
Punishing a sitting President would set a dangerous precedent that future generations would use to vilify and undermine future Presidents anytime something bad happens on their watch. We're already at a point where the GOP went apeshit after 4 people died in Benghazi or after Ebola made its way to American soil. It exacerbates the divisions that already exist and pushes people to seek vengeance instead of solutions.
We lose too much of our humanity and sacrifice progress by continually looking backward. Punishing someone doesn't make the problem go away. We have to be able to look forward and to find a way to repair the mess he made, not clinging to moral victories from revenge and retribution
Punishing a sitting President would set a dangerous precedent that future generations would use to vilify and undermine future Presidents anytime something bad happens on their watch. We're already at a point where the GOP went apeshit after 4 people died in Benghazi or after Ebola made its way to American soil. It exacerbates the divisions that already exist and pushes people to seek vengeance instead of solutions.
We lose too much of our humanity and sacrifice progress by continually looking backward. Punishing someone doesn't make the problem go away. We have to be able to look forward and to find a way to repair the mess he made, not clinging to moral victories from revenge and retribution