Top Republicans offered sharply divergent views of Trump’s interactions with Ukraine, showcasing the party’s challenges to mount a unified defense of the president
By Byron Tau and Tarini Parti Updated Nov. 10, 2019 4:33 pm ET WASHINGTON—Top Republicans on Sunday offered sharply divergent views of President Trump’s interactions with Ukraine, showcasing the party’s challenges to mount a unified defense of the president in advance of public impeachment hearings set to begin this week.
As the public phase of the impeachment inquiry opens, Mr. Trump’s Republican allies Capitol Hill are trying to formulate a message that will resonate with the broader public. Though the president maintains strong backing from the GOP base, opinion polls show support for removing Mr. Trump from office hovers close to 50% among the broader public.
The Bidens deny any impropriety, and there is no evidence to suggest they broke any laws. Hunter Biden has said his acceptance of the seat showed “poor judgment.”Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the intelligence committee, said Saturday he was evaluating the GOP witness requests—but suggested he wouldn’t allow the hearings to be used to launch an investigation of Mr. Biden.
During his Senate trial in January 1999, Mr. Clinton had a public approval rating of 68%, and only 32% of adults were in favor of the Senate removing him, while 60% were opposed, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll at the time. The polling shows a sharp partisan split, with support for removing Mr. Trump from office among Democrats at 88%, while opposition to such a move stood at 90% among Republicans.
Former Republican Rep. Tom Davis, who served on the House Oversight Committee during the Clinton impeachment, said the scattershot messaging stems in part from the fact the Trump White House doesn’t have a war room dedicated to crafting a daily messaging strategy as the Clinton White House did. But Sen. John Kennedy said that if Mr. Trump pushed for an investigation into a political rival for his political benefit, that could amount to an impeachable offense.
“I think if you’re trying to get information on a political rival to use in a political campaign, it is not something a president or any official should be doing,” Mr. Hurd said on “Fox News Sunday.” “I think everybody—most Republicans have said that that would be a violation of the law.”
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