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elleng

(130,825 posts)
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 04:51 PM Nov 2019

Trump's Defenders Have No Defense. by Peggy Noonan

'Witnesses were uneven, but even his closest allies don’t try to deny he did what he’s accused of doing.

Look, the case has been made. Almost everything in the impeachment hearings this week fleshed out and backed up the charge that President Trump muscled Ukraine for political gain. The pending question is what precisely the House and its Democratic majority will decide to include in the articles of impeachment, what statutes or standards they will assert the president violated.

What was said consistently undermined Mr. Trump’s case, but more deadly was what has never been said. In the two months since Speaker Nancy Pelosi...'>>>

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-defenders-have-no-defense-11574382421?


(Sorry, subscription necessary and I don't have one, but she's right, has 'come around' at least in this case, and we should encourage it.)

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Trump's Defenders Have No Defense. by Peggy Noonan (Original Post) elleng Nov 2019 OP
magical thinking and cognitive dissonance goes a long way Thomas Hurt Nov 2019 #1
Surprised that a Reagan writer penned this...I hope the right takes note...fat chance! Karadeniz Nov 2019 #2
Peggy Noonan??? Moe Joe MoFo Nov 2019 #3
;-) elleng Nov 2019 #4
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