What you most hear from congressional Republicans on impeachment this week is the sound of silence. GOP sources tell CNN they have a good reason for that fear. They have no idea what else House Democrats' investigation will uncover or what comes next.
GOP sources tell CNN they have a good reason for that fear. They have no idea what else House Democrats' investigation will uncover or what comes next.Along with that fear is frustration with President Donald Trump: his ranting in performances full of false claims, like Wednesday in the Oval Office and White House East Room, and stream of consciousness rapid-fire tweets -- curse words and all -- are not exactly an anti-impeachment road map for his fellow Republicans.
How Lindsey Graham went from Trump critic to supporter 02:04 But GOP spin on behalf of Trump is not aging well -- especially confronted with facts. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California struggled to defend the President on CBS'"60 Minutes," and Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan's attempts to bend the truth ran into a meat grinder of fact-checking from CNN's Jake Tapper on"State of the Union.
Tapper fact-checks Rep. Jordan on Ukraine scandal 06:14Instead, the President is relying on something that Clinton, then a second-term president, did not have: an active reelection campaign. But for all the emails, tweets, videos and ads the Trump campaign is producing to try to shape the impeachment narrative -- and it's a lot -- GOP sources on Capitol Hill say it is not the same.
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