Even during the heart of the Mueller Investigation and his testimony you had a bipartisan majority that opposed impeachment. It only received 35 percent, 40 support. We learned more about the president s relationship with the ukraine as we saw with these texts. You see in most polls a majority americans supporting at least the impeachment inquiry, supporting the democrats position. And even when you ask, do you support actual removal of the president , thats about 45 , 48 support at the rally. It is growing. So, that is an opinion that is affecting democratic support of impeachment. How about when republicans are polled . What is the trend their . You are right. The Democratic Base is consolidating around impeachment. Thats responsible for some of the jump. But independent voters, the one consistent theme is they were overwhelmingly against impeachment a month ago. Now they are split and the trend line is moving toward beinghment, moving toward concerned about what they are seeing on t
On the 2020 election and the impact of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. The Texas Tribune hosted this hourlong event. Abby welcome all. Im Abby Livingston. Im the chair of the Texas Tribune and im delighted to welcome two of the most pivotal people in the american politics. Of the most pivotal people in the american politics. They have the jobs that are not most well known. To my meet left i have cheri bus tos. Hello. And i have congressman tom emmer and hes the chair of the National Republican committee. It took me a while to understand the acronyms. Theyre not as well known as. N. C. Chairman or d. N. C. Chairman. But these are members of congress who have been elected by their colleagues to basically get the gavel whether that means protect it or take it. And so it is a difficult job. They manage millions of dollars. They decide who gets that money in ad spending and it can be a brutal process if your side is not doing well in the election year. I had one former chai
The Texas Tribune hosted this hourlong event. Welcome all. Im Abby Livingston. Im the chair of the Texas Tribune and im delighted to welcome two of the most pivotal people in the american politics. They have the jobs that are not most well known. To my meet left i have cheri bus tos. Hello. And i have congressman tom emmer and hes the chair of the National Republican committee. It took me a while to understand the acronyms. Theyre not as well known as. N. C. Chairman or d. N. C. Chairman. But these are members of congress who have been elected by their colleagues to basically get the gavel whether that means protect it or take it. And so it is a difficult job. They manage millions of dollars. They decide who gets that money in ad spending and it can be a brutal process if your side is not doing well in the election year. I had one former chairman describe to me what its like during the house floor and tell a colleague im so sorry, i just cut off your Television Ads and youre going to l
Obama era agriculture secretary tom vilsack. Topics include tariffs and trade with china, and the role of agriculture in the 2020 election. This is one hour. Everyone , it is warm. So youre here. Thank you my name the kaleena. Anda senior food agriculture reporter at politico. Politico covers food and agriculture. Were really proud of that. And its for those of you not amiliar, politico is washington d. C. Based news outlet. Im sure all of you are reading it. Im really delighted to be here today in texas, one of my the union. Ates in im not just pandering. Were going to talk about the state of agriculture in 2020 and beyond. And before we start, i want to theurage you to join conversation on social media, is trib fest 19. I also want to give a big thanks the Texas Tribune festival for hosting this great event and sponsoring. I also understand the Texas Farm Bureau is supporting this and to hear from them. We have a really good panel. Know if you guys realize that. I dont know if the au
It took me a while to understand the acronyms. Theyre not as well known as. N. C. Chairman or d. N. C. Chairman. But these are members of congress who have been elected by their colleagues to basically get the gavel whether that means protect it or take it. And so it is a difficult job. They manage millions of dollars. They decide who gets that money in ad spending and it can be a brutal process if your side is not doing well in the election year. I had one former chairman describe to me what its like during the house floor and tell a colleague im so sorry, i just cut off your Television Ads and youre going to lose reelection. Yall might have heard of a man named rahm emanuel. He leveraged that job to very high levels of the american government. And so i find the job fascinating. But i would like to start off and ill start with congressman bustos. Can you describe to me what this job is . Sure. Hello, everybody. First of all, thanks for being here. I want to thank the texas tribune. Im