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“Nowhere were the real reasons Republicans wanted to dispose of Johnson mentioned—his political outlook, the way he had administered the Reconstruction Acts, and his sheer incompetence. In a Parliamentary system, Johnson would have long since departed, for nearly all Republicans by now agreed with Supreme Court justice David Davis, who described the President as ‘obstinate, self-willed, combative,’ and totally unfit for his office. But these, apparently, were not impeachable offenses.”
In this, he was surely Trump’s precursor. Russia did try to sway the election, but in favor of Hilary Clinton. January 6’s violence marked the only truly impeachable action Trump committed. He was an uncontrollable crass human overly enamored of his power. A buffoon dressed as President but only at the end, when he refuted the election results, as Hilary had four years earlier, did he cross the line encouraging violence and an armed tack over of the Capital.
