precedent it sets. they re thinking about, what does this mean for me politically. so far he has hung on to the base of the republican party and with very few defections. that may change, but right now i think that s a correct assessment by the white house, that they ve got the senate tied up in a way that will protect the president from actually being removed from office. i think the two variables, ned, would, in my guess, drawing on my past sort of in republican politics, would be public opinion, should you see attacks on colonel vindman inching this from 51% support to 53, 54, 55. and the second, more big time statewide electoral defeats in red, red, red parts of the country. potentially. at the same time, though, throughout his presidency, donald trump has been talking to 30, 35% of the country. i think as long as that 35% is with him, i think you see them
mr. chairman [ applause ] what does it say to you there was this kind of applause after a hearing? are you worried republicans are on the wrong side of history here? well, first of all, i m not looking at this as a republican or i don t think of it in those terms. this is serious matter. and you have to examine this kind of presidential behavior and the precedent that it sets. i think people were probably cheering for the woman, the ambassador who was there who did a really good job. and, you know, i watched a little of the i think they were cheering for her and saying, hey, you did a great job today. and we can see that you love your country and you love the ukrainians. and that s what i think the cheering was about if i had to guess. john kasich, come back to the east coast, will you? come back to the studio. we d love to have you. all right, don. thank you very much. a new member in the all the
are on the wrong side of this? well, first of all, i m not looking at this as a republican or a i don t think of it in those terms. this is a serious matter. you have to examine this kind of presidential behavior and the precedent that it sets. i think people were probably cheering for the woman, the ambassador who was thereon. she did a really good job. i watched a little i think they were cheering for her, saying, hey, you did a great job today. we can see you love the country and love the ukrainians. that s what the cheering was about, if i had to guess. come back to the east coast, and in studio. we would love to have you. all right, don. thank you very much. a new member in all the president s liars club. roger stone becoming the latest to be convicted of lying. is that putting pressure on
ukraine is not the only country that confronts corruption. if the people in power in a country where corruption is rampant are being asked by a foreign leader, who has a lot of leverage over them to conduct an investigation, could that be dangerous, because they could trump up charges against someone if they wanted? they could. and i also want to ask you, i spoke to ambassador kent, he made a comment yesterday about selective prosecutions, and what it means going forward. what kind of precedent it sets. and you have spoken about a dangerous precedent for the state department and diplomats. but i want you to help us consider the president going forward, if there is no consequences for president trump or any president who does this, what are the consequences for this country and for any american? not just a former vice president
there is corruption in ukraine. ukraine isn t the only country that confronts corruption. if the people in power in a country where corruption is rampant are being asked by a foreign leader who s got a lot of leverage over them to conduct an investigation, could that be dangerous because they could trump up charges against someone if they wanted? they could. and i also want to ask you, i spoke to ambassador kent. he made a comment yesterday about selective prosecutions and what it means going forward. what kind of precedent it sets. and you spoke about a dangerous presence dent for the state department and for precedent for the state department and for diplomats. i want you to help us consider the precedent going forward, if there s no consequences for president trump or really any president who does this, what is the consequences for this country and for any american,