Republicans coping with the overwhelming case for impeaching Trump

But some Republicans do seem to appreciate the unique gravity of Trump’s offenses, and the realization seems to rattle and actually sadden them.

One unnamed Republican source told the conservative outlet The Resurgent, before the whistleblower complaint had become public, that the document would paint “a clear path to impeachment.” They added, clearly dour: “I wasn’t happy with the transcript, but it was Trump. What do you expect? Now we are dealing with something that looks like it could be outside the bounds of acceptable conduct.”



5. Acceptance

To be sure, not many Republicans seem to have accepted the fact of the damning case for Trump’s impeachment. But Romney, at least for now, does seem to have moved on from being “troubled” to being at peace with the situation. He’s signaled that he’s open to potentially voting to remove Trump when the trial comes to the Senate, depending on how the evidence falls out.

And There’s one other case study that might show what acceptance looks like: Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan. Amash was a Republican, but he left the party recently and concluded that Trump was worthy of impeachment based on the revelations in former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report.


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