What Went Down On Day 1 Of The Impeachment Hearings

Always the TV star president? According to Taylor, Trump and the White House team not only wanted Ukraine to conduct an investigation into Biden’s family and 2016 theories, but make public statements about it. It was supposed to be a show.

“The Russians love it and I quit” is quite the soundbite.

I think the points that Perry and Nathaniel are describing about the credibility of those testifying illustrates a tension in an impeachment inquiry rooted in foreign policy questions. Traditionally, foreign affairs have been both low salience among voters — not something most are paying attention to — and fairly bipartisan. As they become more salient, they’ll likely be framed in partisan terms, making it harder for public servants with serious and bipartisan credentials to remain above politics.