House Dems Do What They Do Best After Trump Invites Foreign Election Interference: Shrug
To a person, Democratic lawmakers said on Thursday that President Donald Trump's stated comfort receiving election assistance from a foreign government was shocking, disqualifying, and even criminal. And then, they did what they’ve come to do best: shrug.
Inside the caucus, there was a sense of dejection the morning after ABC News released footage of an interview in which Trump said he would not reach out to the FBI if a foreign government tried to help his campaign. Members and aides admitted they have grown jaded and increasingly convinced that leadership will not move forward with an impeachment inquiry regardless of the ethically dubious and legally problematic steps the president takes.
"The Mueller report laid out in black and white the multitude of crimes created under the Trump regime,” said an aide to a Democratic member. “That was more than enough evidence to move forward with impeachment. So if that did not suffice for Pelosi, I don’t know what will.”