Peggy Noonan?
That thunk you just heard was me falling off my chair.
Maybe there's hope for the GOP.
That thunk you just heard was me falling off my chair.
Maybe there's hope for the GOP.
If the Senate censures instead of outright acquits, the GOP will splinter and suffer a bloodbath in 2020.
Removing Trump but keeping the GOP radicalized won't change anything. Trump is a symptom, not the cause.
Removing Trump but keeping the GOP radicalized won't change anything. Trump is a symptom, not the cause.
They can censure instead of acquit.
Censure says that he's guilty, but they didn't want to remove.
It's finding of wrongdoing (by a Republican Senate!) while avoiding the trauma and upheaval of removal.
Censure says that he's guilty, but they didn't want to remove.
It's finding of wrongdoing (by a Republican Senate!) while avoiding the trauma and upheaval of removal.
Acquittal without censure could do that.
But as we saw with the Ukraine Shakedown, extorting a foreign government involves witnesses.
The only way to pull off politically motivated prosecutions between now and Nov. 2020 is domestically, through Barr.
But as we saw with the Ukraine Shakedown, extorting a foreign government involves witnesses.
The only way to pull off politically motivated prosecutions between now and Nov. 2020 is domestically, through Barr.
