We're not arguing over what Trump did. We're arguing over whether Republicans *want to know* what Trump did.
Okay, but what if we also have him tell Ukraine and China to investigate Biden on TV?
Okay, but what if we have Republican appointees testify that he did it to the House?
We get John Bolton, hero of the America right, scourge of liberals, to say that he will testify, under oath, that he personally heard Trump say the aid was contingent on Ukraine going after the Bidens.
John Bolton.
I mean, surely?
Even when that source is John $*%&#@# Bolton? The guy they've been to the ramparts to defend?
It's that they don't want to know, because the more they know, the more undeniable it is that Trump did it.
But the story here isn't just impeachment. It's about what Republicans are doing to the political system.
This is the point of the book: party polarization, at this pitch and intensity, will break American politics. amazon.com/Why-Were-Polar…
We built a system around the competing incentives of branches, not the competing incentives of parties.