Conservative blogger Erick Erickson has 8 reasons the whistleblower complaint is 'really bad' for Trump
It seems most prominent conservatives aren't letting a whistleblower change their minds.
After the Thursday release of an intelligence whistleblower complaint detailing a concerning phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump's usual allies jumped to his defense. A swath of GOP lawmakers said there's nothing of importance in the report, while Republican Party officials tried to brush off Democrats' attempts to investigate it further.
But Erick Erickson, a conservative blogger and radio host, tweeted and wrote a blog post outlining why the complaint is actually "really bad for the president." At the core of his argument is that the complaint reads as credible, and that opens up a lot of investigative opportunities for Democrats.
(3) He provides a pathway to get documents produced that might otherwise not be known.
(4) His complaint verifies three key points of the phone call that he had no direct knowledge of.
(5) That means he has credible people telling him major details.— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 26, 2019
(6) He opens up the path to discovering current unknowns.
(7) He provides the Democrats all the data they need for a very focused investigation.
(8) His memo provides messaging clarity.— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 26, 2019
The View host Meghan McCain, a conservative who has criticized Trump many times in the past, meanwhile had a brief but brutal response to the whistleblower's allegation that Trump officials have a pattern of hiding "politically sensitive" calls: "God help our country if this is true."