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https://politicalwire.com/2020/01/27/senate-republicans-shaken-by-bolton-revelations/Senate Republicans Shaken by Bolton Revelations
January 27, 2020 at 6:44 am EST By Taegan Goddard
Playbook: Republicans have done a good job during this process projecting confidence in their mastery of the situation, and their ability to deliver for the president.
But as of late Sunday, our GOP sources said they could not predict what was going to happen now with witnesses, and the Republican Conference lunch today will be key in determining the state of play. In other words, these top-level sources were allowing that things may have changed. We have yet to see if Republicans will brush off this new development, or whether it will push enough of them to vote for witnesses.
Bolton is not Lev Parnas or one of these other characters who has sprouted up in the Trump era. Hes a through-and-through conservative who was so far to the right that George W. Bush had to wait for recess to make him his U.N. envoy. Hes known to members of the Senate.
Heres the dilemma for Republicans now: If youre one of the Republicans who were already uncomfortable with this president, how do you vote to not call Bolton after seeing this? Remember: Bolton is publishing an entire book, and so far we know only what hes said on Ukraine not everything else hes seen.
But as of late Sunday, our GOP sources said they could not predict what was going to happen now with witnesses, and the Republican Conference lunch today will be key in determining the state of play. In other words, these top-level sources were allowing that things may have changed. We have yet to see if Republicans will brush off this new development, or whether it will push enough of them to vote for witnesses.
Bolton is not Lev Parnas or one of these other characters who has sprouted up in the Trump era. Hes a through-and-through conservative who was so far to the right that George W. Bush had to wait for recess to make him his U.N. envoy. Hes known to members of the Senate.
Heres the dilemma for Republicans now: If youre one of the Republicans who were already uncomfortable with this president, how do you vote to not call Bolton after seeing this? Remember: Bolton is publishing an entire book, and so far we know only what hes said on Ukraine not everything else hes seen.
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I'm sure they'll all be "gravely concerned" as they continue to vote for no witnesses.
bearsfootball516
Jan 2020
#1
They can either hear what he has to say now, or be called out on their cover up later.
Zolorp
Jan 2020
#7
Those pearls will undergo another round of severe clutching but that will probably be the extent of
yellowcanine
Jan 2020
#10
Yes, the real question, what does Bolton know about the relationship between trump and...
NeoGreen
Jan 2020
#21