Opinion · 116th Congress
The women trying to impeach Trump — and the men making it so damn hard
[jwp-video n=”1″] “It was the congressman’s job to make the case and move forward with impeachment proceedings,” she said.
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[jwp-video n=”1″] “It was the congressman’s job to make the case and move forward with impeachment proceedings,” she said.
[jwp-video n=”1″] Beyond those competing interpretations, the justices will grapple with whether they should broaden a law beyond its apparent original intent, particularly when Congress has
[jwp-video n=”1″] Early in the week, Trump and his team predicted that Democrats would face a backlash over the inquiry, and that, in response, their support for it would fade.
[jwp-video n=”1″] Flipped Trump district The episode drew attention to the predicament the ongoing impeachment inquiry poses for Democrats, like Rose, who represent battleground districts won
[jwp-video n=”1″] [ANALYSIS: Dodge. Deny. Defame.
[jwp-video n=”1″] “If they are going to prevent witnesses from coming forward to testify on the allegations in the whistleblower complaint, that will create an adverse inference that those allegations
[jwp-video n=”1″] America has not yet reached that “Have you no sense of decency?”
[jwp-video n=”1″] No laughing matter No matter how you feel about Trump or the Democrats, Schiff’s decision to abdicate his responsibilities to the American people reflected badly on himself,
[jwp-video n=”1″] Pelosi on both sides Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to balance the desires of progressives calling for Trump’s immediate impeachment and moderates seeking further evidence to
[jwp-video n=”1″] Trump’s endorsement of a tweet by his spiritual adviser and Dallas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress warning of civil war if he is removed drew criticism from some in his own
[jwp-video n=”1″] That points to the ability of majority Republican senators to set ground rules for the trial or to potentially adopt a motion to dismiss any charges against President Donald
[jwp-video n=”1″] It came after a morning – and weekend-long – volley of presidential tweets ripping the still-anonymous whistleblower and most of the top House Democrats involved in their impeachment
[jwp-video n=”1″] Pelosi suddenly unleashed a moment so historic, even the president was no match for it.
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2019 var rcrdTwitter = 1; The president’s assessment, however, ignores the fact that the call details in the whistleblower’s complaint very closely match
[jwp-video n=”1″] “There’s a fine tradition of using foreign aid dollars to try to promote or deter behaviors — but because those behaviors are perceived as helpful or harmful to U.S. interests
[jwp-video n=”1″] Searching for leaders It became difficult to find leaders in the scrum either searching for or scooting away from the camera’s glare, though in a rare bit of bipartisanship,
[jwp-video n=”1″] Trump districts Six of the 10 holdouts hail from districts Trump won by double digits.
[jwp-video n=”1″] In the complaint, the whistleblower says he or she does not have firsthand knowledge of the president’s conversation with the Ukrainian leader.
[jwp-video n=”1″] But the challenges for Republicans on Capitol Hill extend far beyond mulling their legacies in an age of Trump tumult.
[jwp-video n=”1″] Why now?