James Hohmann

James Hohmann @jameshohmann

One Republican aide close to Rep. Martha Roby said the Alabamian decided to retire in part because she was tired of pretending she backed Trump. https://t.co/WsS84IgcE5 — PolitiTweet.org

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One reason elected Republicans have reacted with such a whimper to Trump's Ukraine conduct is that so many lawmakers who are most uneasy with him are quietly leaving office rather than speak out. They're quietly surrendering in the war for the GOP's soul. https://t.co/vTBsNMA2Yr — PolitiTweet.org

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With an election year approaching, many top Republicans on Capitol Hill are more quickly circling the wagons than they did during past Trump scandals. Borrowing from the Roy Cohn playbook, they're trying to play offense by making lots of baseless claims. https://t.co/vTBsNMA2Yr — PolitiTweet.org

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With this do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do presidency, it’s more important to watch what Trump does than what he says. The president's claim on Sunday, for example, that he would “love” to release the transcript of his call doesn’t pass the smell test. https://t.co/vTBsNMA2Yr — PolitiTweet.org

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The Ukraine donnybrook has emerged as the biggest test yet of Trump's notorious boast during the 2016 campaign. “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn’t lose any voters,” he said. https://t.co/vTBsNMA2Yr — PolitiTweet.org

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Perhaps because it’s become unsurprising, or maybe because it’s easier to cover clamoring from the left than deflection by the right, far less attention is being paid to the apparent acquiescence of congressional Republicans than during past scandals. https://t.co/vTBsNMA2Yr — PolitiTweet.org

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The Daily 202: Trump pushing Ukraine to investigate Biden isn’t shaking Republican congressional support. https://t.co/vTBsNMA2Yr — PolitiTweet.org

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Ukraine, if you’re listening … How Trump tries to quell controversies by saying the quiet part out loud, by @AshleyRParker https://t.co/Yrv6cVuJIO 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mmurraypolitics: In fact, that July 25 conversation took place ONE DAY after Robert Mueller’s public testimony on Capitol Hill about th… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davidfrum: Hi, look sorry your country is being invaded, but before I release the military aid Congress voted for you to defend yoursel… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ktumulty: Today has been so weird that no one seems to have noticed that that commander-in-chief repeatedly referred to military action… — PolitiTweet.org

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Abuse of power? POTUS used the July 25 conversation “to pressure the recently elected leader to more aggressively pursue an investigation that Trump believed would deliver potential political dirt against one of the president’s political adversaries.” https://t.co/Dj3EnC4Ny1 — PolitiTweet.org

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White House Counsel Pat Cipollone has been engaged in the matter since shortly after the whistleblower action surfaced, officials said, helping to identify legal obstacles to the sharing of information that could be politically damaging to Trump. https://t.co/Dj3EnC4Ny1 — PolitiTweet.org

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WSJ: “Trump in a July phone call repeatedly pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ’s son, urging Volodymyr Zelensky about eight times to work with Rudy Giuliani, his personal lawyer, on a probe...” https://t.co/jBEYE2FqEs — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @libcasey: The Daily 202: "'He had every right to do it.’ Giuliani defends Trump trying to coerce Ukraine’s president, ‘if he did.’" @ja… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AshleyRParker: NEW: Jared Kushner is expected to attend "Davos in the Desert" in Saudi Arabia next month, appearing at a conference tha… — PolitiTweet.org

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Video of the full exchange between Trump and reporters over Biden and Ukraine in which the president declines to say whether he pressured a foreign leader to investigate his 2020 challenger in exchange for transferring money to check Russian power: https://t.co/wByE6fKADT 🇺🇦💰🇺🇸 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FrankLuntz: “At $28 billion so far, the farm rescue is more than twice as expensive as the 2009 bailout of Detroit’s Big Three automake… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DanEggenWPost: ‘He had every right to do it.’ @RudyGiuliani defends @realDonaldTrump trying to coerce #Ukraine Ukraine’s president, ‘if… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HillaryClinton: The president asked a foreign power to help him win an election. Again. https://t.co/EjkE84oCCF — PolitiTweet.org

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Stat of the day, per NBC: The intelligence community’s inspector general has a confidential hotline to allow insiders to report waste, fraud and abuse. It received 563 calls last year, up from 369 in 2017 and 251 in 2016. https://t.co/dlE1r5SflY — PolitiTweet.org

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Even the Ukrainian government’s official readout of Trump’s phone call with Zelensky said the president told him that that Ukraine could improve its reputation and “interaction” with the United States by investigating corruption. https://t.co/dlE1r5SflY — PolitiTweet.org

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But, but, but: Trump won’t cooperate with Congress as it seeks to investigate him. His administration is systematically stonewalling subpoenas, including for the whistleblower’s report about the president’s conduct toward Ukraine. https://t.co/dlE1r5SflY — PolitiTweet.org

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The federal lawsuit Trump filed yesterday against the Manhattan district attorney in an attempt to block him from subpoenaing tax returns in a probe of the hush-money payments made before the 2016 election to alleged mistresses says only Congress has the power to investigate him. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thanks Hal. — PolitiTweet.org

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These are stunning stances to take, and they should be viewed as part of this president Nixonian and imperial view of presidential prerogative. From Bill Barr's handling of the Mueller report et al to claiming executive privilege for Corey Lewandowski — PolitiTweet.org

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We’ve seen this movie before. During the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, Trump’s legal team argued that the president could not technically be guilty of obstructing justice. "Collusion is not a crime,” Giuliani said. https://t.co/dlE1r5SflY — PolitiTweet.org

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Rudy Giuliani on Trump possibly coercing Ukraine's president to investigate opponents: "He had every right to do it as the president of the United States. He had every right to say to the Ukrainian president that ... you should investigate.” https://t.co/dlE1r5SflY — PolitiTweet.org

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Giuliani spoke at length about hypothetical wrongdoing – and the president’s right to do it. It's being overshadowed by how he contradicted himself on whether he asked Ukraine to look at Biden, but it's actually more revealing: https://t.co/dlE1r5SflY. — PolitiTweet.org