patriotic no matter what the republicans say, they're not calling the shots. they're there to implement decisions made by people who won't make the same choice that they did, to ignore the president telling them not to speak and do their duty. if everything is so perfect, then why hide the key players? if the republicans are so desperate for firsthand knowledge, so frustrated that people can't give them the straight truth, then why don't they ask for the main players? you're so desperate that you would like to expose the whistle-blower, someone whose identity is protected by law even though you know they have no firsthand information, but you don't call for the people at the top of the food chain. you want firsthand info, but you don't want to question bolton. you don't want pompeo. you don't want mulvaney. bolton called it a drug deal. that's not firsthand information. you say nothing. whose lawyer said he has personal knowledge about many