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Interesting conversation today w/ a Republican who is measured & knowledgable, regarding impeachment w/ the Ukraine episode driving the inquiry. 1) The prosecutor who Biden demanded be fired was a bad guy & pushing Ukraine to fire him was the right move...1/
...This Republican urged conservatives & Trump's GOP allies not to overreact n focusing on Biden bragging about his role in getting the prosecutor fired. 2) The Hunter Biden aspect of this is unseemly for @JoeBiden & it bothered the Obama administration at the time...2/
@JoeBiden ...3) @realDonaldTrump was known in some GOP circles to be upset, justified or not, that the U.S. was sending 'so much' aid to Ukraine compared to our European allies. Some Rs believe this explains why it was held up....3/
@JoeBiden @realDonaldTrump ...4) Yes, POTUS told Zelensky that Biden ought to be investigated, but was there "direct linkage" the aid and an investigation? Republicans are skeptical & think Democrats are overreaching. BUT...5) If there was obvious, plain, quid pro quo...4/
@JoeBiden @realDonaldTrump ...that constituted direct linkage between providing the military aid and Ukraine investigating Biden, that would cause Republicans to reconsider their opposition to impeachment/removal & at that point, Trump would be in some real trouble...5/
@JoeBiden @realDonaldTrump ...Can't emphasize enough that, perhaps informed by their experience w/ the Russia probe, Republicans are about as highly doubtful as it gets that it will come to this. 6/6 -fin-
