Why Is Trump’s Ukraine Scandal Different?
Republicans spent more than two years defending the president from charges of collusion. This is how he thanks them?
It’s a pattern.
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At the Washington Post, Dan Drezner asks an excellent question: “Why is this the scandal that will lead Trump to be impeached rather than all of his previous scandals?”
He’s referring to President Donald Trump’s overtures to his Ukrainian counterpart, seeking dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden. I like some of Drezner’s answers. I agree that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has played her hand well so far, for instance, and that Trump hasn’t. But I think there are three more important reasons why we are where we are now – with impeachment very likely, and Republicans less enthusiastic in their defense of the president than they have been.