Trump tweets overwhelm GOP impeachment defense
by David M. Drucker
| October 03, 2019 12:33 AM
President Trump's rhetoric and tweets are scrambling the attempt at message discipline on the part of his Republican allies and his own White House aides seeking defend him against impeachment.
The White House issues regular talking points and is running what one senior House Republican described as an unusually “professionalized†effort to protect Trump from an impeachment inquiry initiated by Democrats in the House. That effort is dovetailing with a House Republican operation in which lawmakers and staff from key committees meet regularly to exchange information and coordinate communications strategy.
But with Trump's Twitter posts that can land at any moment in rapid succession and shocking commentary that can erupt anywhere from the Oval Office to rallies around the nation, some Republican insiders worry the endeavor is useless.
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