An influential conservative who argued against Trump's impeachment now calls for it after the president's 'fascistic' suggestion to delay the November election

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• Steven Calabresi, a popular conservative and co-founder of the Federalist Society, has called for President Donald Trump's impeachment after he made "fascist" comments about delaying the November elections. 
• Calabresi said he voted for Trump in the 2016 election and opposed Trump's impeachment in a New York Times Op-Ed. 
• He called Trump's remarks "fascistic" and called on conservatives to denounce them. 
• Trump does not have the authority to push back the election. 
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A popular conservative has called for President Donald Trump's impeachment, saying the president made "fascistic" comments about delaying the November election. 

In a New York Times Op-Ed, Steven Calabresi wrote that while he supported Trump in the 2016 election and opposed Trump's impeachment as well as Robert Mueller's investigation, the president comments on postponing the election have gone too far. 

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