By JOHN KANELIS / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com

I want  to bring up an issue that is getting next to zero attention among the media as we hurtle toward this highly anticipated presidential election.

It is that Donald J. Trump is the first impeached president in U.S. history who is running for re-election.

Yep. The first one! Ever!

Remember that the House of Representatives impeached Trump on two counts: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Trump went to trial in the Senate and was acquitted.

Why and how? Because almost all of the Senate’s Republican majority — with one notable exception — gave Trump a pass on the abuse of power he exhibited when he solicited from Ukraine a political favor and then obstructed Congress’s efforts to get to the truth of what happened.

Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah was the lone Republican to vote to convict Trump on abuse of power.

So now Trump wants a second term in office after being impeached by the House. How should that play? How does he sell himself as deserving re-election even after the House impeached him?

He calls it all a hoax. Which is fine with the GOP bloc that stands with this guy.

Many of the rest of us don’t see it that way. I believe Trump should have been tossed out of office because he sought Ukrainian help in digging up dirt on Joe Biden. Not good, Mr. President. Plus, he ordered top aides to refuse to comply with congressional summons to appear before committees to talk openly about what they knew and when they knew it. Also not good, Mr. POTUS.

Here we are. Donald Trump wants another term in office after being impeached by the House because he broke the law.

Incredible.