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https://politicalwire.com/2019/10/02/what-republicans-privately-say-about-impeachment/What Republicans Privately Say About Impeachment
October 2, 2019 at 7:01 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
A very seasoned and well-known GOP operative emails Playbook:
GOP lawmakers and operatives are concerned at what appears to be a lack of urgency from the Trump administration in forming an organized, unified response engine to the Democratic impeachment threat. There is either a failure to fully appreciate the gravity of the situation; or an inability to protect the president like they did his Supreme Court nominees with a centralized war room that has credibility with stakeholders across the party.
Nobody wants to look like Kevin McCarthy did on 60 Minutes and right now theyll duck and cover until theyre on firmer footing. The Trump administration has blazed their own communications path up to this point, but there is deep skepticism that the late-night Fox lineup will have any credibility with rank-and-file Republicans that are necessary to prosecute this argument against House Democrats.
GOP lawmakers and operatives are concerned at what appears to be a lack of urgency from the Trump administration in forming an organized, unified response engine to the Democratic impeachment threat. There is either a failure to fully appreciate the gravity of the situation; or an inability to protect the president like they did his Supreme Court nominees with a centralized war room that has credibility with stakeholders across the party.
Nobody wants to look like Kevin McCarthy did on 60 Minutes and right now theyll duck and cover until theyre on firmer footing. The Trump administration has blazed their own communications path up to this point, but there is deep skepticism that the late-night Fox lineup will have any credibility with rank-and-file Republicans that are necessary to prosecute this argument against House Democrats.
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What Republicans Privately Say About Impeachment (Original Post)
babylonsister
Oct 2019
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Donnie's too busy sending Barr and Pompeo around the world 'investigating' the 2016 election.
tanyev
Oct 2019
#2
The reTHUGS put the RANK in rank-and-file. They all made a poor choice and now they
abqtommy
Oct 2019
#3
I f the Republicans knew absolutely that they would still win their own races,
patricia92243
Oct 2019
#4
Zoonart
(11,861 posts)1. That's what they're worried about, Huh?
Not the lawlessness, not the money laundering, not the Treason. Just that they're slow on the response.
Tells anyone all they should need to know about the Republican Party.
tanyev
(42,553 posts)2. Donnie's too busy sending Barr and Pompeo around the world 'investigating' the 2016 election.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)6. and the origins of the Mueller Report
that completely and totally exonerated him
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)3. The reTHUGS put the RANK in rank-and-file. They all made a poor choice and now they
have to pay.
patricia92243
(12,595 posts)4. I f the Republicans knew absolutely that they would still win their own races,
they would kick Trump out so quick your head would spin. They hate him as much as everybody else does - just can't show it.
babylonsister
(171,065 posts)5. There's nothing TO like! nt
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)7. McCarthy Cartoon (and story)