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On the TV news, we hear the Democrats ever criticizing President Trump. We never hear of any plans they have to make lives better for average Americans. They clearly have no plans to help Americans cope with affordability. They do allege if they retake Congress in 2026 (Heaven forbid), they will again impeach Donald Trump. They will decide later for what.

By impeaching President Trump again, the Democrats assert they are upholding the U.S. Constitution. Being “sticklers” for the Constitution, the Democrats never impeached former President Obama for his “unconstitutional” acts.

Article II, Section 4, of the U.S. Constitution reads “The president, vice president and all civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for and the conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.”

Article III, Section 3, paragraph 1 of the U.S. Constitution reads: “Treason against the United States shall consist only of levying war against them, or adhere to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the overt act, or on confession in open court.”

As president, Obama overtly gave the Iranians skids of cash, containing billions of dollars, supposedly for Iranians to rebuild their infrastructure, which they instead used to fund their nuclear program and fund global terrorism. Two witnesses? The whole world witnessed Obama’s transgression of giving billions of dollars worth of aid and comfort to the enemy.

Also, there was the Obama administration’s illegal “fast and furious” gun-running operation funneling weapons to the drug cartels in Mexico, resulting in the death of two border patrol agents, for which Obama was never held accountable.

Democrats seek to defend the Constitution only when they can use it against Trump and Republicans. Otherwise, they’d completely shred the Constitution.

Presidents Obama and Biden never addressed the Iranian threat. They merely “kicked the ‘Iran’ can down the road” for a future president (Trump) cope with.

Had President Trump not acted decisively, Iran would possess nuclear weapons by now. Today’s high energy prices would pale in comparison to the high energy prices which would have ensued had Iran developed nuclear weapons, decided to close the Strait of Hormuz and threatened nuclear retaliation against any nation(s) defying them. A global nuclear war could have followed, which has been avoided thanks to President Donald Trump.

Steve Wolverton

Parkersburg