and in her column she writes about the parallels between that confirmation fight and the current impeachment inquiry, and i quote. from the conservative vantage point, perhaps the greatest similarity is the deep sense of aggrievement about the motives of kavanaugh s critics then and trump s now. those seeking to impeach the president over his conduct with respect to ukraine have long been searching desperately for something, anything with which to take down the designated victim. we re happy to have ruth marcus with us here tonight. by day, she is deputy editorial page editor and columnist for the washington post. as i might have mentioned, she also happens to be the author of supreme ambition: brett kavanaugh and the conservative takeover. it is great to have you, and i have to tell you, ruth, i have a democratic friend who says, here s the only viewer s guide you need to what s about to happen. and he points to a picture of jeff flake s concerned face.
plank and letting republicans decide how they re going to portray that and it d be probably as a refusal to carry out her duty. i really look at it that way. let me go back to john on another question, and this is the question which is the cutter. will this affect the 2020 election, what happened today, when he will be called out next year, next week. it is all likely to going happen by a partisan vote, what effect would that happen on the election next year, the impeachment of donald trump? i think there are two things likely to happen. number one, he gets the aggrievement, he gets what he always like to do which is paint himself as a victim and say he was exonerated by the senate. we ve heard that before. he s going to add that to the arsenal of the democrat and bureaucratic state. every mob leader that walks
and be limited. this guy s not going to apologize, he s not going to confess. this guy says i m right and you guys screwed me, that s his whole thing, aggrievement. and the important point here is like what is a post-impeachment donald trump is going to be like, what will his behavior be? and i guess my main point if in fact you believe as i do that donald trump is an existential threat we ought to treat him like that, and democrats need to treat him like that. don t just check the box because this is going to go on long after there s that vote. and bottom line i think they need to push back hard against the argument that failure to convict means he s exonerated. it just means he is not going to be removed. the one thing of hope i think we need to hold out a little bit of hope it for is maybe some of
in her latest column she where i see about the parallels of that fight and the current impeachment inquiry. and i quote, from the conservative vantage point, the greatest similarity is a sense of aggrievement of the motives. those seeking the impeach the president over his conduct with respect to ukraine have long been searching desperately for anything to take down the victim. by day she s editorial page editor and columnist for the washington post. as i might have mentioned, she also happens to be the author of supreme ambition: brett kavanaugh and the conservative takeover. it is great to have you. i have to tell you, ruth, i have a democratic friend who says here s the only viewer s guide you need to what s about to happen. and he points to a picture of jeff flake s concerned face. jeff flake gave his concern face
confirmation fight to put that man, brett kavanaugh, on the supreme court. it s in her book just out today. in her latest column she where i see about the parallels of that fight and the current impeachment inquiry. and i quote, from the conservative vantage point, the greatest similarity is a sense of aggrievement of the motives. those seeking the impeach the president over his conduct with respect to ukraine have long been searching desperately for anything to take down the victim. by day she s editorial page editor and columnist for the washington post. as i might have mentioned, she also happens to be the author of supreme ambition: brett kavanaugh and the conservative takeover. it is great to have you. i have to tell you, ruth, i have a democratic friend who says here s the only viewer s guide you need to what s about to happen.