What Went Down On Day 1 Of The Impeachment Hearings

Also, doesn’t it help Republicans if they can simply make the Ukraine saga harder to follow? If tying it to the Russia investigation muddies the clear narrative Democrats are trying to put forward, that’s good for Republicans too.

I don’t know, Micah — I think there is a case to be made that some Democrats have long wanted to impeach President Trump. My mind keeps going to back to Rashida Tlaib calling for him to be impeached only hours after being sworn in, and if I’m a Republican who does think that Trump wasn’t proven guilty of obstructing justice or doing anything illegal during the Mueller investigation, I don’t know how I think of this situation differently. But I guess to your point — maybe this doesn’t appeal to anyone outside of the GOP base.

Yeah, I think that’s right, Clare. I mean, if you haven’t been watching Fox News closely, Nunes’s statement is likely pretty unintelligible.