Letter to Barletta

Dear Congressman Barletta:

I received campaign material in which you said the Democrats were plotting to impeach President Trump.  You mentioned their drumbeat was “Impeach, Impeach, Impeach.”

I am curious if you think there might come a time when impeachment was justified.  For example, suppose President Trump lied about receiving oral sex?  Would that qualify as grounds for impeachment?  Suppose he lied to the American people?  Would that be grounds?  Suppose he used his office to enrich himself?  Then?  How about if he was working on behalf of Vladimir Putin in opposition to our security agencies and American interests?

The problem I have with your letter was that you seem to imply President Trump should be above the law.  American philosophy on that goes all the way back to the Glorious Revolution in England.  The King is not above the law. 

Neither is Trump.  Neither are you, for that matter.

Roy Christman