Analysis | In hyperpartisan era, Trump's GOP support is solid
WASHINGTON — The more concrete the testimony in the impeachment inquiry, the more solidly Republicans are sticking with President Donald Trump.
"I don't think there is any justifying this president's misconduct," Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman of the Intelligence Committee leading the inquiry said in an interview."The American people see this for what it is," said Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the top Republican on the Oversight committee that's part of the inquiry."We see it just like the American people do, and we know — we just know — it's wrong.
In previous modern-era impeachment proceedings, at least some lawmakers crossed party lines to initially provide bipartisan support for the probes of Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. Neither Trump nor Republicans in Congress dispute the White House's rough transcript of Trump's July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. They say it proves the president did nothing wrong.
Pelosi launched the impeachment inquiry after a government whistleblower recounted that Trump in the call asked Zelenskiy for"a favor."Julian Zelizer, a professor at Princeton University, said partisanship is greater than it was during Watergate and"the loyalty to party even greater."
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