Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Democrats Get Better at Making Their Impeachment Case

One side took a serious approach aimed at persuading the undecided. The other doubled down on conspiracy theories and debunked claims.

November 13, 2019 at 10:54 PM UTC

By Jonathan Bernstein

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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House Democrats have finally figured out how to hold a hearing.

The first public congressional session of the impeachment inquiry aimed at President Donald Trump probably wasn’t compelling television for most voters. Most people just aren’t very interested in fine details. Nor did Democrats bring a lot of drama or theatrics.