Booker: Trump Is ‘Less Like a Leader of the Free World and More Like a Dictator or a Thug’

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BOOKER: "Clearly from The Federalist papers to past impeachment, we see that defined in a broader sense and for me it comes down fundamentally how they portray their office. And I think we see a president right now what’s implicated in that transcript, in that whistle-blower report is someone that frankly was pursuing their own interests above our national security interests. And as someone who’s actually visited Ukraine, who sat with their military leaders, who have lost their fellow soldiers in a war while they’re being attacked by the Russians, who are currently attacking our country, trying to undermine our democracy, we had a bipartisan agreement that we should give resources and aid to a desperate country. And this president seemed to be willing to hold that up in order to pursue his petty political aspirations. And that is absolutely unacceptable. If this is true, that is an impeachable offense. History will look back on what did we do when a president was willing to trash the Constitution, act less like a leader of the free world and more like a dictator or a thug in using American power to pursue his own personal gain."