In his statement, he said the House managers “have proved with what they call a ‘mountain of overwhelming evidence.’” In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Alexander dismissed the need for more witnesses. In a statement, Rubio explained that he always worked from the assumption the charges were true, but: “Just because actions meet a standard of impeachment does not mean it is in the best interest of the country to remove a President from office.”Īlexander was even more emphatic. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Marco Rubio (R- Fla.) were the first out of the block to explain that the president is guilty but shouldn’t be ousted for it. What was otherworldly has suddenly become grounded. Now that all that is left of this circus is for the Republican senators to finish their speeches and fold up the tent. I am not sure what solar system Jonah’s is circulating.” “In my view,” he tweeted, “Hugh’s planet is *this* planet. Roger Kimball, the editor of New Criterion, thought Hewitt was being generous. We live on “different impeachment planets,” in his words. People like my friend, radio host Hugh Hewitt, contended that even the suggestion of the president’s guilt was not just wrong, but bizarre. The call was “perfect,” the president insisted over and over again, as if saying it enough times made it true.
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This has been obvious since he released the transcript of his conversation with the Ukrainian president, never mind when he said straight to a TV camera that he wanted Ukraine (and China) to do it.įor most of that time, taking their cues from the top, the president’s most ardent defenders treated this entirely reasonable observation as if it was both crazy and outrageous. I’ve argued for months now that it was obvious the president was guilty of abusing his office by pressuring the Ukrainian government to target former Vice President Joe Biden in a corruption probe. I’ve always argued that this was a question reasonable people could differ on. I’m not referring to the Republican senators’ collective decision not to remove the president from office.
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As the impeachment trial fizzles out this week, I’m left wondering if the GOP has lost its mind, because the only other choice is that I have.
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