Ted Lieu actually said...

The President should not use our taxpayer money for his own personal benefit and especially not to leverage it for his own reelection campai...

The President's abuse of power is even worse in this case than just using official duties for private gain. It's also just flat-out illegal.

If we did that and got caught, we would likely be indicted.

Let's focus on the President's abuse of power in this case, because it's actually worse than the examples I just gave.