Its gripping. I had to keep reminding myself that its happened just in the last year i think a lot of us 2020 feels like its been a decadelong. Two months from now we will be facing an election which will be the First Time Ever that an impeached president appears on the ballot. Could you talk a little bit about the dynamic that were set into motion by this investigation by the subsequent impeachment and the acquittal that are still playing out today as we head into this final stretch before the election . Thanks karen, i think i will start there. Two big things, one its emboldened donald trump. He hates this. Hes angry. He doesnt like disdain and he wants to win. The very night the house voted to impeach he got a big crowd in michigan and promised four more years. Same time, its jeopardize the republican majority in the senate. In key swing states people were upset that they like to think the senate are independent thinkers, checks on the presidency and sarah gideon is using what Susan
And to know your objective, you have to know what your core values are. So, what is the republican position on covid relief . Is there some consensus within the party on what that Relief Package should look like . And who exactly is doing the negotiating for the republicans . It is becoming increasingly clear that republicans do not always speak the same language and sometimes there is no one directing the choir. Take the issue of stimulus checks. Some conservatives argue, yes, there are people in need and yes they deserve help. But that is not the role of the federal government. It is a minority position, for sure, but it is in fact a position of some conservatives. I think the better position is federal and state governments essentially took income and jobs and opportunities in an effort to control the pandemic. And by took, i mean under the takings clause of the constitution. Jobs, income, opportunity were taken in an effort to control the virus. And we understand why government too
A date for what they call binding consultations has to do with the Political Parties putting forward a name of who they want to see as the next Prime Minister and it could again be sad how d. T. That person then needs to form a government the people want that government to be made of nonpolitical actors of technocrats. Are the politicians going to agree are the people going to agree these are all still massive question marks and difficult ones because there is little time these Economic Reforms need to be implemented and you need a government to do that 11000000000. 00 are attached to that something that this country desperately need so even though the protesters will tell you that theyre waiting to see time is of the essence there is no denying that if they believe that nothing is being done the nothing is being done false to not that people will again swell in their numbers on the streets start to block the roads again because they say that they want change they want the government t
Last month Turkish Backed opposition fighters swept through s. D. F. Territory they now control an area that stretches from tel aviv to arthur lane along the border with turkey the joint patrols will be conducted west and east of that area. They include the outskirts of kabbani man bit telerate fired and all towns and villages east of us elaine to maliki on the border with iraq. Syrian president Bashar Al Assad has promised to recapture all the territory including even if it means going to war with turkey has full youth the whole of the syrian land is wired and the theater of operations is one from the far south to the far north the turk is the american agent in this war we were fighting this aged turkey everywhere and whenever it struggled to do what it wanted it left no option but war this is obvious but i say we will need to keep open the opportunity for the political process in all its forms and if it didnt produce results then we consider them an enemy and it will get to war there
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