Impeaching Trump is just the end of the beginning

When the history of the events of Dec. 18, 2019, is written, two earlier moments will loom large.

The hinge decision was made by seven politically vulnerable House Democrats in September. Veterans of service in either the military or the intelligence agencies, they published a Post essay endorsing the opening of an impeachment inquiry.

Let’s give all of them the recognition they deserve: Reps. Gil Cisneros of California, Jason Crow of Colorado, Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, and Abigail Spanberger and Elaine Luria of Virginia.

“The president of the United States may have used his position to pressure a foreign country into investigating a political opponent, and he sought to use U.S. taxpayer dollars as leverage to do it,” they wrote. “This flagrant disregard for the law cannot stand.”

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