ahead and acknowledge that there may have been a this for that, as it pertains to ukraine and the president's motives here. but then, you know, last night with our chris cuomo, a lawmaker randy weber, took a different approach which might be signposting how republicans might be handling this. it might be a strategy of defend and deflect. listen to that. >> ivanka trump representing the u.s. government went to china and got a bunch of patents when she was meeting with president xi. isn't it okay? >> just another example of anti-trumpism you just quoted. >> how is that okay? >> the president's family has been involved in business around the world for a long time. >> so you can keep doing it while you work in the u.s. government? >> so -- they can make business. they can do business. they can make money while