a lot of Republicans are going to hide behind the fact that the House acted very quickly.
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Himes predicts that Republicans will use the speed of the House's actions as an excuse not to convict Trump.
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Very sadly, I think we’re going to test this untested question about whether the program can run on a judicial certification alone.
The president has now assured through this appointment that the single most important intelligence collection tool... is probably the worst appointment into the intelligence community I have ever seen.
I don't think I could look myself in the mirror in the morning and say, yeah, this is a guy who should... have control and access to this authority.
The only right answer – and I don't have a lot of confidence that it's going to happen – is that the president says, you know, oops, that was a mistake, and pulls the Bill Pulte appointment.





