Are Public Impeachment Hearings Working?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

New York Times Opinion

New York Times, Journalism, News, Society & Culture, Ross Douthat

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🗓️ 21 November 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Are the impeachment hearings moving the needle on public opinion? Times columnist David Brooks joins Ross and Michelle to discuss the Democrats’ impeachment strategy so far. Then, is America’s tipping system immoral? The columnists discuss a recent column of David’s that takes issue with how gratuities impact service workers. For background reading on this episode, visit nytimes.com/theargument.

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0:00.0	I'm Michelle Goldberg.
0:01.4	I'm David Brooks.
0:02.6	I'm Ross Douthet, and this is the argument.
0:07.1	This week are the impeachment hearings changing anybody's mind?
0:11.5	I never thought there was a possibility
0:13.5	20 Republican senators would vote to convict
0:16.0	and so this will all end in a whimper with Trump claiming victory.
0:19.5	Then we talk tipping.
0:21.3	Is it necessary?
0:22.9	Is it immoral?
0:24.2	Is there a better way?
0:25.6	I would also love to get rid of the tipping system,
0:29.2	you know, and kind of just force a system where everybody can be paid a living wage?
0:33.6	And finally, a recommendation.
0:35.9	When you're sort of on the right,
0:37.2	you don't have the luxury of measuring your musicians by their politics
0:41.2	because they all disagree with your politics.
0:52.8	The public impeachment hearings have brought testimony
0:55.3	about President Trump's dealings with Ukraine into the open.
0:59.2	They're the public airing of evidence that Republicans claim to want
1:03.1	and they're the spectacle that Democrats hope will boost support for impeachment.
1:07.8	David Leighenhardt is out this week,
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