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IN
OUR
CLOSER
LOOK,
THE
TRIAL
% OF
PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP
I
S
% OVER.
% ON
WEDNESDAY, T
HE
SENATE
VOTED
% ON
TWO ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT,% ABUSE OF
POWER
A
ND
OBSTRUCTION
% OF CONGRESS.
% THE
SENATE
D
ID
NOT
HAVE
THE
% TWO-THIRDS
MAJORITY
NEEDED
TO
% FIND THE
PRESIDENT GUILTY
O
N
% EITHER
CHARGE,
W
ITH
THE
VOTE
% CAST
ALMOST
EXCLUSIVELY
ALONG
% PARTY LINES.
% THE PRESIDENT
AS
EXPECTED
CAME
%
OUT
SWINGING.
% ONE
DESCRIPTION:
TRUMP
ON
% STEROIDS.%>> IT
WA
S
EVIL.
% IT
W
AS
CORRUPT.
% IT
WAS DIRTY
COPS.
% IT WAS
LEAKERS
A
ND
LIARS
.
% ADAM
SCHIFF
I
S A
VICIOUS,
% HORRIBLE PERSON.
% NANCY
PEL
LOSSSY
!
UNANIMOUS
-
PELOSI
IS A
% HORRIBLE
PERSON.
% >> RON
JOHNS
ON
AND TAMMY
BALDWIN
% SPOKE TO
THE
IR
RESPECTIVE
% POSITIONS AHEAD OF
THE
VOTE.
% BALD
WIN
FOCUSING ON THE
LACK
OF
% WITNESSES CALLED
AN
D
JOHNSON ON% THE LACK
CRIME
COMMITTED.
% BOTH
R
EFERENCED AN
AUGUST 31
% CONVERSATION
WHERE
T
HE
SENATOR
% CHALLENGED
TRUMP'S
MOTIVATIONS
% FOR
WITHHOLDING
A
ID
FROM
% UKRAINE.%>>
LA
ST
MONTH,
PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S
% FORMER
NATIONAL
SECURITY
% ADVISER,
JOHN
BOLTON,
PROVIDED% AN
UNPUBLISHED
MANUSCRIPT
TO
THE
% WHITE HOUSE.
% THE RECENT
MEDIA
REPORTS
ABOUT
% WHAT
AMBASSADOR
BOLTON COULD% HAVE
TESTIFIED T
O
HAD
HE
NOT
% BEEN
BLOCKED
AS
A
WITNESS G
O
TO
% THE HEART
O
F T
HIS
IMPEACHMENT
% TRIAL.%>>
I
REACHED
OUT
TO
JOHN
B
OLTON
% AND SAID
I
F
YOU'VE
G
OT
SOMETHING
%
TO
SAY
,
G
ET
IT ON
THE
RECORD.
% WOULD YOU
LIKE
TO
T
AL
K
TO
OUR
% COMMITTEE?
% HE
S
HE'D
ONLY
RESPOND
TO A
% SUBPOENA, WHICH
I
RESPECT AS
% WELL.%>>
PRESIDENT
TRUMP
TOLD
% AMBASSADOR
BOLTON
IN
AUGUST THAT
% HE
WANTED
TO
CONTINUE
FREEZING
% $391
MILLION
IN
SECURITY
% ASSISTANCE
TO
UKRAIN
E UNTIL
T
HEY
% HELPED WIT
H
THE
POLITICALS
% INVESTIGATION.
% HAD
AMBASSADOR
BOLTON
TESTIFIED
% TO
THESE
FAC
TS
IN
T
HIS
TRIAL, IT
% WOULD
DIRECTLY CONTRADICT
W
HAT
% THE
PRESIDENT
TOL
D
SENATOR
% JOHNSON
IN A
PHONE
C
ALL
ON
% AUGUST 31,
2019,
WHERE,
% ACCORDING
T
O
SENATOR
JOHNSON,
% THE
PRESIDENT
S
AID
I
W
OULD
NEVER
% DO THAT.
%
WHO TOLD
YOU
THAT?
%
>> AND
I'M
THE
ONE
T
HAT
RAISED
% THE
ISSUE.
% MR. PRESIDENT, I
HEARD THERE
MAY
% BE
SOME
POSSIBLE
ARRANGEMENT
I
F
%
UKRAINE DOES
SM
K,
!
SOMETHING,
YOU
%
RELEASE THE
HOL
D,
A
ND
H
E
% IMMEDIATELY
ANGRILY
D
ENIED,
NO,
% I
WOULD
NEVER
DO
THAT.
% NO WAY.
%
WHO TOLD
YOU
THAT?
% >> JOH
N
BOLTON NOT ONLY
H
AS
% DIRECT
EVIDENCE
THAT
IMPLICATES% PRESIDENT TRUMP
I
N A
CORRUPT
% ABUSE OF
POWER,
HE
HAS
DIRECT
% EVIDENCE
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
% LIED
TO ONE
OF
OUR
COLLEAGUES
IN
% AN
ATTE
MPT TO
COVER
I
T
UP.
% >> TO
ME,
IT DIDN'T
HAVE
ANY
% IMPACT.
% I DON'T
THIN
K
WHATEVER
JOHN
SAYS
% IS
GOING
TO
REALLY
AFFECT
M
Y
%
EVALUATION.
% AGAIN, WHAT WAS
CHARGED
IN
THES
E
%
TWO ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
IS
% NOT
IMPEACHABLE
OFFENSE.
% >>
S
O
THERE YOU
HAV
E IT.
% WHAT A
WEE
K.
% WE
NO
W
T
AP
I
NTO
UW-MILWAUKEE
% EMERITUS
PROFESSOR
AND
POLITICAL
% SCIENTIST MORDECAI LEE
FOR
HIS
% TAKE
O
N
WHAT'S
AHEAD.
% THANKS A LOT FOR
BEING
HER
E.
% >> YOU'RE
WELCOME.% >>
S
O
SENATOR
B
ALDWIN
SAI
D
IN
N
O
% WAY
SHOULD
THE
ACQUITTAL BE
% VIEWED
AS AN
EXONERATION.
% HOW
LIKELY IS
I
T
THAT
% RESONATES
ESPECIALLY
A
S
THE
% PRESIDENT REACTS
T
O
IT
RIGHT
% NOW?
% >>
IN
WISCONSIN
RIGHT
NOW
WE'RE
% LIVING
IN
T
WO
DIFFERENT
%
REALITIES.
% 47% OF
THE
VOTERS
LIKE
TRUMP
AND
% AGREED
WITH
THE
OUTCOME
AND
47%
% OF
WISCONSIN
!
WISCONSINITES
A
GREED
WIT
H
% SENATOR BALDWIN.
% IT'S
ALMOST
LIK
E
T
WO
SHIPS
%
PASSING IN THE
NIGHT
.
% THEY
DON'T
EVEN LIVE
IN
THE
SAME
% WORLD.%>> HOW
MUCH
D
OE
S
T
HIS
EMBOLDEN% PRESIDENT TRUMP AND H
IS
% SUPPORTERS?%>> WELL,
I
THINK
IT
EMBOLDENS% PRESIDENT
TRUMP, BUT
I
'M
N
OT
% SURE
THERE'S
NOT
M
UCH MORE
TO
EM
% BOLD
I
N
THE
SENSE
OF
THIS HAS
% BEEN
HIS
STYLE
SINCE
THE
D
AY
H
E
% BECAME PRESIDENT.
% HE'S A
STREET
FIGHTER.
% HE
NOT
ONLY
DISAGREES
WITH
HIS
% OPPONENTS.
% HE
WANTS
T
O
CRUSH
THEM.
H
E
IS
RIGHT.
% EVERYBODY
ELS
E IS
WRONG.
% THAT'S A STYLE.
% I
GUESS
YOU
MIGHT
S
AY
IT'S
% ALMOST
LIKE A
NEW YORKIE
STYLE
% THAT
HE'
S
CARRIED
THROUGHOUT HIS
% PRESIDENCY.
%
SO WHEN
HE
C
AM
E
O
UT
SWINGING, IT
% WAS THE
SAME
O
LD
TRUMP.
% I'M SURE SOME
OF
YOUR
VIEWERS
% CAN COMPARE
IT
TO PRESIDENT
% CLINTON THE
DAY AFTER
THE
% IMPEACHMENT VOTE WHEN HE
WAS
% ACQUITTED.
% HE CAME
OUT
A
ND
H
E
APOLOGIZED T
O
% THE PUBLIC AN
D
H
E
SAID HE
WANTED
% TO WORK WIT
H
T
H
E OTHER
PARTY.
% SUCH A
DIFFERENCE.% >>
DOES
TH
E
ACQUITTAL HURT
% DEMOCRATS?%>> I
TH
INK
THAT
WHAT
THE
% ACQUITTAL
DOES
IS
IT
SAYS THIS
% IS H
OW
I
T'S
GOING TO
B
E
UNTIL
% THE
ELECTION.
% IN OTHER WORDS,
F
OR
THOSE
PEOPLE
% WHO
REALLY
DISLIKE PRESIDENT
% TRUMP AND WERE
SORT
OF
% FANTASIZING
ABOUT
HIM
BEIN
G
% REMOVED FROM
OFFICE,
I
THINK
% THIS
PUT
S
THE
M
BACK I
N
TOUCH
% WITH THE
FACT
T
HAT
THE
% REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
NOW
TH
E
% TRUMP
P
ARTY, THAT
NO
MATTER
H
OW
% THEY
F
EEL
ABOUT PRESIDENT
T
RUMP
% BEHIND-THE-SCENES,
THA
T
A
LL
% REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS
IN
THE
%
HOUSE
AND
SENAT
E WILL
G
O
ALONG
% WITH
HIM,
WITH
THE
EXCEPTION
OF
% ROMNEY,
AND
THA
T THEY
ARE
% LOCK-STEP WITH
HIM.
% THIS IS
W
HAT
THE REPUBLICAN
IS.
% THIS IS
I
N A
SENSE
THE
NEW
% NORMAL.%>>
LET'S
MOVE
ALONG
TO
IOWA.
% GIVEN
THE
SNAFU THERE
WITH
THE
% NEW
AND
GLITCHY
APP
TO
REPORT
%
RESULTS, THE
DELAYS
AN
D
NOW AN
% ASK
FOR A
RECANVASS,
WHAT DO YOU
% THINK ABOUT
WHETHER
THE
IOWA
% CAUCUS SHOULD BE
PUT OUT
O
F I
TS
% MISERY?%>>
WEL
L,
THEY
DON'T
HAVE A
VERY
% GOOD
TRACK
RECORD,
B
UT
I
SUSPECT
% THEY'LL
FIGHT
L
IKE
H
EC
K
TO
HOLD
% ON
TO
IT.
% THEY'RE
THE
FIRST
CAUCUS IN
THE
% SERIES,
NO
T
THE
FIRST
PRIMARY.
%
SO
I
THINK
IT'S
GOING
TO
END U
P
% BEING THE
SAME.
% YOU
KNOW,
SOME OF THE
STUFF
THAT
% WENT
WRON
G
W
AS
JUST
PLAIN
% AMATEUR
HOU
R.
% IT SORT
O
F
REMINDS
US OF
THE
% ROLL-OUT
O
F
OBAMACARE
WHERE
% THERE
WASN'T
ENOUGH
BETA
% TESTING.
% BUT I
THINK
IT'S
ALSO
% INTERESTING THAT THERE
WAS
SOME
% JAMMING OF
THE PHO
NE
LINES,
THAT% THERE
WAS A
BACKUP
HOTLINE T
O
% CALL IN
WHEN
THE
A
PP
DIDN'T
WORK
% AND
APPARENTLY
SOME
OF
I
T
WAS
% JAMMED BY
SUPPORTERS
OF% PRESIDENT
TRUMP,
ALMOST LIKE
ON% A
PRANKISH
BASIS.
% SO
THERE'S A
L
OT
O
F
BLAME TO
G
O
% AROUND, B
UT I DON'T
THINK
IOWA
% IS
GOING TO
BE
CHANGING
IN
TERMS
% OF
ITS
ROLE
I
N
PRESIDENTIAL
% CYCLES.%>> AS
TO
THE
RESULTS,
WHAT'S
% YOUR
REACTION
TO
THOSE?
% >>
I
T
PERMITTED
THE
FOU
R
LEADING
% CANDIDATES TO ALL
M
OVE
ON
TO NEW
% HAMPSHIRE
AND
SAY I
DIDN'T
LOSE
% BECAUSE THERE
WASN'T
ANY% DEFINITIVE WINNER.
% SO
THE
OPTICS TH
AT
YOU
A
ND
I
A
RE
% USED
TO,
THAT ON THE
NIGHT OF
% THE
CAUCUS
SOMEBODY
IS ON
THE
% PODIUM
WITH
THEIR
HANDS
RAISED
% THAT THEY
WON
THE
PRIMARY AND
%
THAT GIVES
THEM
THE
BUMP TO
G
O
% ON
TO NEW
HAMPSHIRE,
THAT
J
UST
% DIDN'T EXIST.
% SO IT
WAS
ALMOST
ANTICLIMATIC
% THAT
NOW NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL BE
% THE ONE
TO
TELL
US WHO
IS
THE
% LEADER.%>>
YOU
S
AID
PREVIOUSLY THAT
YOU
% THINK THE FIELD
WIL
L
NOT
B
E
% ARROWED
BY
THE
NAME O
F
% WISCONSIN'S PRESIDENTIAL
% PRIMARY.
% DO
YOU
STILL T
HINK
THAT?
% >>
Y
OU
PROMISED
M
E YOU WERE
% GOING T
O
ERASE
THA
T
PART OF
TH
E
% TAPE,
I THINK THERE
A
R
E
AT% LEAST
THREE
,
PROBABLY
F
OU
R
% LONG-DISTANCE
RUNNERS.
% IN OTHER
WORDS,
UNLESS
SOMEBODY%
DOES
TERRIBLY
IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE,% SOUTH
CAROLINA,
NEVADA,
THEY'VE
% GOT THE
MONEY
TO
S
TA
Y
IN.
% MAYBE IT
WILL
BE
BLOOMBERG
O
R
% PATRICK WHO
COMES
OUT, B
UT
I
% THINK WISCONSIN
I
S
GOING TO
B
E A
% REAL
RACE.
% SO
FOR
U
S
THAT WILL BE
GOOD.
% WE
MAY
WELL
BE
THE
PIVOT
I
N
THE
% PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATING PROCESS.% >>
Y
OU
SAY
THERE'S A
DECENT
% CHANCE
OF A
CONTESTED
DEMOCRATIC
% CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE.
% WHY?%>>
WELL,
IF
I
'M
RIGHT
ABOUT
MY
% PREDICTION ABOUT THE
PRIMARY
P,
% THAT
MEANS
THERE'S
ALSO
A
% LIKELIHOOD
THAT
THOSE
TWO
OR
%
THREE OR
FOU
R
A
RE
GOING
TO
% SURVIVE BEYOND
THA
T AND
COM
E
TO
% MILWAUKEE FOR
THE
CONVENTION AND
% FIGHT IT
OUT.
% THE LAST
T
I
ME
I
T
HAPPENED
WA
S
% J.F.
KEN
NEDY I
N
1960
IN
% LOS ANGELES.
% THE FACT THAT
HE
WON ON
THE
% FIRST
VOTE
WAS
EVERYBODY'S
% SURPRISE.%IN
FACTS,
HE
WON
W
IT
H
WYOMING,
% THE LAST
STATE
,
PUTTING
HIM OVER
% THE
TOP.
% SO
WE MIGHT
BE LUCKY.
% IT MIGHT BE
THAT
THE
M
ILWAUKEE
%
CONVENTION WILL
BE A
REAL
% CONVENTION WITH WHO
KNOWS
WHA
T
% WOULD HAPPEN.
% AND
I
THINK
THAT'
S GOOD.
% YOU
KNOW,
WHEN A CON
!
CON
VENTION I
S
% MERELY A
CORONATION
PROCESS,
% WHEN
THERE'S
N
O
NEWS THAT
COMES% OU
T
OF A
CONVENTION,
IT'S
% ANTICLIMATIC.
% I'M
HOPING
THAT
MILWAUKEE WILL
% BE
C
LIMATIC.% >>
AS
TO
REPUBLICANS,
WITH
A
BOUT
% A MINUTE
LEFT,
WIT
H
TRUMP
% UNOPPOSED,
WHAT
C
OULD
HAPPEN
% THERE?
% >>
O
H,
THAT'S A
GREAT QUESTION.
% I TH
INK
REPUBLICANS
IN
WISCONSIN
% WHEN
THEY COME T
O
THE
% APRIL PRIMARY ARE GOING TO HAVE
% TO
DECID
E D
O
W
E
WANT
TO
SHOW
% TRUMP THAT
HE'S G
OT
SUPPORT?
% EVEN THOUGH
H
E'S
UNOPPOSED
% SHOULD
WE VOTE
IN
TH
E
REPUBLICAN
% PRIMARY FOR
HIM?
% OR SHOULD
WE
CROSS
OVER
A
ND
% PERHAPS PLAY A LITTLE
B
I
T
OF
% MISCHIEF,
PERHAPS VOTE
FOR
THE
% WEAKEST
DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE?
% WHEN YOU'VE
O
WN
P
RIMARY,
% SOMETIMES
THE INTERPRETATION OF
% WHAT IT
MEANS
IS
VERY HARD
TO
%
DISCERN.%>>
COULD
TRUMP
REPUBLICANS
% POSSIBLY BEAR
T
O
CROSS
OVER?
% >>
I
THINK
IT'S
PRETTY
COMMON
I
N
% WISCONSIN
POLITICS.
% ONE-THIRD OF
THE
VOTERS
% SOMETIMES
VOTED
IN
REPUBLICAN
% AND
DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARIES.
% YOU'RE
NOT
BETRAYING YOUR
PARTY
% OR BEING
FALSE
IF
YOU
VOTE
IN
% THE OTHER
P
ARTY'S PRIMARY.
% SO
I
THINK
THEY'RE
GOING
T
O
FEEL
% FREE
T
O DO
IT.
%
IT
MAY
W
ELL
B
E
THAT
THEY
% COALESCE
TO
SAY
I
JUS
T
WANT
TO
% TELL TRUMP THAT I
SUPPORT
HIM.
% >>
YEAH.
% ALL
RIGHT
.
% MORDECAI
LEE,