“The president should not have raised the Biden issue on that call, period,' Sen. Rob Portman said today
Sen. Rob Portman said on Monday it was “not appropriate” for President Donald Trump to ask Ukraine and China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, joining a small group of Republicans to express concern over Trump's calls for foreign countries to become involved in U.S. elections.the Columbus Dispatch that while the president’s actions do not amount to “an impeachable offense” in his view, he believes Trump made a mistake in mixing his own domestic politics with foreign policy.
Trump's calls for foreign probes into Biden are the centerpiece of House Democrats' impeachment efforts. Portman urged the the House to be “very careful” before moving forward on impeachment and lamented that his style of bipartisan legislating will take a hit.
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