Republicans Seek to Muddy Impeachment Evidence as Their Defense of Trump

[SummerMadness]

Republicans Seek to Muddy Impeachment Evidence as Their Defense of Trump

Republicans mounted an array of defenses of President Trump at this week’s impeachment hearings — making arguments that at times seemed to conflict with one another logically, but that dovetailed in a key way: All served to undermine Democrats’ allegations that Mr. Trump abused his power.

In angry statements from the hearing dais, lines of questioning to witnesses and comments during breaks to reporters, Republicans sought to poke holes in the strength of evidence that Mr. Trump personally put a condition on the government committing official acts — namely, that Ukraine publicize investigations that could benefit him.

The conflict logically because they are either lies or false arguments.

 

[JohnAshton]

The GOP in the hearings are now if full disarray and close to being routed.

 

[SummerMadness]

I think they're simply trying to find what false argument they're going to go with as the defense. It's funny how the second-hand knowledge argument is now in the dustbin when that was their opening gambit, a close second goes to the "everything is done in secret!"