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Carlson and Patel added, “Like a lot of things Trump does, it was pretty over-the-top. Our leaders’ official actions should not be about politics. Those two things need to remain separate. Once those in control of our government use it to advance their political goals, we become just another of the world’s many corrupt countries. America is better than that.”
Now, the two Daily Caller founders did use the same op-ed to applaud investigations into the Obama administration. And they did write that “it’s hard to argue” that Trump’s conduct rises “to the level of an impeachable offense.”
But I still found it astonishing to see Carlson and Patel concede that Trump’s conduct on the call with Ukraine’s president was wrong, and that there’s no way to explain it away. That line of thinking goes against the talking points from Trump (who says it was a “perfect” phone call) and what the vast majority of his media allies have been saying. It’s also further than most Senate Republicans have gone when asked about Trump’s conduct.
A tactical signal?
And CNN’s Abby Phillip reacted to the column this way: “This is a pretty transparent effort to provide a roadmap for Republicans looking for a way to publicly condemn Trump’s actions but still oppose impeachment. Their argument is: what Trump did is bad and corrupt but we are so close to the election that voters should decide.”
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