Is Impeachment Finally Happening?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

New York Times Opinion

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

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🗓️ 1 August 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Did Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress bring Democrats any closer to impeaching President Trump? The columnists debate the fallout from the former special counsel’s testimony. Then: You asked, the columnists answer. Ross, Michelle and David tackle listener questions about climate change, Puerto Rico’s political crisis, student debt-forgiveness and more. And finally, David’s recommendation of the week is the last straw. For background reading on this episode, visit nytimes.com/theargument.

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0:00.0	I'm Michelle Goldberg.
0:01.2	I'm Ross Douthett.
0:02.4	I'm David Lee on Heart, and this is the argument.
0:05.7	This week is impeachment finally really going to happen.
0:10.1	The idea that you're going to successfully impeach a president for
0:14.3	the orders he gave to subordinates that the subordinates ignored or didn't obey
0:19.2	has always been fanciful.
0:21.1	Then we dive into our voicemail box and answer your questions.
0:25.5	I mean I would say you're right. That is the biggest thing that you have to worry about.
0:29.7	And finally a recommendation.
0:32.1	Plastic straws are just the vastly superior technology.
0:43.1	The impact of Robert Mueller's testimony last week
0:45.6	may end up being different from what it first seemed.
0:48.6	Yes, his testimony was halting and uneven and didn't seem to change many people's minds.
0:54.0	But he did again lay out much of the damaging evidence against president Trump.
0:58.9	And now Democrats seem to be using Mueller's testimony to jumpstart an impeachment inquiry.
1:05.5	Michelle, you wrote this week that you think the impeachment proceedings may already have begun,
1:10.0	which I imagine surprised sometimes readers.
1:13.2	Why do you think the chances of impeachment are higher than many other people seem to think?
1:18.8	Well, for two reasons. I mean partly because we've seen this, I don't know if a wave is the
1:23.0	right word, but a substantial number of Democratic lawmakers have come out for impeachment since
1:28.9	Mueller's testimony. So it was 93 congressmen beforehand and it's now up to probably 1-10 or 1-11.
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