'Excusing Trump as merely ill lets him off the hook too easily. ... His letter is not sick; it is evil. His conduct is not deranged; it's tyrannical,' writes PaulBegala for CNNOpinion
Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN political commentator, was a political consultant for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992 and served as a counselor to Clinton in the White House. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. View more opinion articles on CNN.
As the House debated impeaching the President of the United States, before eventually voting to do so on both articles, I read and reread the six-page screed Donald Trump sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday decrying his impending impeachment. Having helped defend a President against impeachment, I know something about the issue. I have read -- and written -- countless pages on the topic, from Alexander Hamilton to Andrew Johnson.
But I've never read anything like this.So I read it again. Doing so has helped me see Mr. Trump more clearly. It made it harder to watch the debate, though, as I saw good people -- and many of the House Republicans are indeed good people -- kowtow to this malignant, malevolent man. Trump's letter to Pelosi has been described in clinical terms. It has been called"deranged" or just plain"sick.
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