be angry at, not the person who nicked you. that s a bad analogy but i ll take it. jonathan lemire, and mm thank y so much. nancy pelosi is trying to bait the white house into a public fight over impeachment. based on the president s twitter feed it appears as though her strategy might be working. joining me leann caldwell and washington post white house bureau chief phil rucker. phil, the president really wants a senate trial. what does the president want it to look like, and is he, i guess, taking nancy pelosi s bait? for the moment, he seems to be taking pelosi s bait in so far as he seems to bea agitated with the delay tactic by the house democrats but trump is eager for the senate trial to begin. he sees this as a home field advantage because republicans control the senate and the
you re great. i need someone to tell me that all the time. i enjoyed it. we love you, katy, are we going to see lawmakers holding town halls during the holiday breaks. what s it going to look like when lawmakers say they are going to try to beat the drum by saying mitch mcconnell is an extreme partisan who has no interest in a fair trial. democrats think that they have the wins argument and it s kind of funny because the whole flip side, republicans in the house were saying that the democrats rigged the trial, and now the whole script is flipping once it gets to the senate but democrats are pretty confident in their position here. i know we know that the polls are very entrenched and very partisan at this point, but they re confident, and what s happening with republicans is they re also seeming to take the side of mitch mcconnell and not wanting this big long trial but then again, the president has the ability to influence a lot of people in his party as you know, katy. lean