Will the G.O.P. Turn Against Trump?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

New York Times Opinion

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

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🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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As evidence mounts that Donald Trump abused the power of the presidency, could members of his own party start to turn against him? The columnists debate Republicans’ response to the impeachment inquiry, Trump’s proliferating scandals and Attorney General William Barr’s efforts to undermine the Mueller report findings. Then, whose armrest is it anyway? The columnists debate airplane etiquette. Warning: Sexual violence is briefly mentioned in the final segment of this episode. 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 Ross Douthand.
0:02.6	I'm David Lee Unhardt, and this is the argument.
0:06.0	This week, will Republicans ever turn on Trump?
0:09.5	The issue now for Republicans is figuring out how to balance acknowledging the reality
0:14.8	of what Trump did with whatever arguments they're going to come up with to explain ultimately
0:20.2	voting not to convict him.
0:21.9	Then, we talk about another recent hot topic of debate, airline etiquette.
0:27.3	There is nothing I hate more than sitting next to a strange man on an airplane.
0:32.2	They assume that any space that you are not physically occupying belongs to them.
0:37.7	And finally, a recommendation.
0:39.5	OK, I mean, I've been meaning to watch that anyway.
0:42.5	It certainly is close to many of Michelle's interests.
0:52.0	The Watergate break-in happened in 1972, and for more than a year afterwards, Republican
0:56.6	members of Congress stood solidly behind Richard Nixon.
0:59.9	They called impeachment a partisan witch hunt.
1:02.4	Ultimately, though, Republicans realized that Nixon's behavior was dragging down their
1:06.2	whole party, and so they broke with him.
1:08.6	Isolated and facing impeachment, Nixon finally resigned.
1:13.0	Today's Republicans are still a long way from abandoning President Trump.
1:16.7	But some cracks have started to show.
1:19.4	Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania called Trump's phone call with the president of Ukraine
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