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Rick Klein

So I get that Yovanovitch is a compelling witness for Democrats. But I wonder why they are spending so much time talking about her feelings today. You can’t impeach a president for hurting people’s feelings, even really talented and critical ambassadors.

Nathaniel Rakich

“It sounded like a threat,” Yovanovitch says of Trump’s comments about her in the July 25 call. That’s a clip that will get replayed.

Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Along those lines, Chad, it also shows how politicized Ukraine policy had become even before the discussions of investigations began. And as I’ve mentioned, this hearing lays the groundwork for the idea that the White House wasn’t actually interested in fighting corruption — quite the contrary, they removed an ambassador who was strong on corruption.


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