Despite mounting evidence, Republicans in the House and the Senate are defending President Trump or keeping their heads down. Veteran GOP conservatives accuse them of sacrificing morality for short-term political gain. Meantime the Trump administration calls the impeachment inquiry “unconstitutional,” while legal scholars point out that it’s part of Article II. And how did Ukraine, an obscure former Soviet republic, become so important? Money.
Why Republicans stand by their man
President Trump speaking with a number of key Republicans at the Rose Garden of the White House Photo credit: United States White House.
Credits
Guests:
- Quin Hillyer - Conservative Columnist at the Washington Examiner - @QuinHillyer
- Tim Miller - Director of ‘Deadpool’ and ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’
- Corey Brettschneider - Professor of political science, Brown University - @BrettschneiderC
- Julia Ioffe - The Atlantic - @juliaioffe