I think, you know, this has been -- the goal of the Republicans is different than the goal of Democrats. Said it last night. Democrats are trying to prove a case here. And Republicans are trying to make this as partisan a fight as possible because they don't want people straying.
David Axelrod contrasts the objectives of Republicans and Democrats in the impeachment proceedings.
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There's no doubt about that. But I also want to say this. You know, all presidents sort of feed off of perceptions of the person who came before and they want to position against what people found lacking in the person that came before.
I think Democrats would be very foolish to go all Marjorie Taylor Greene here and WWE stuff and so on. I think they should respond. But I don't think they should, you know, heckle and do the kinds of things that some have talked about.
I think there's a lot of concern among Republican officeholders. Governor Pawlenty could speak more readily to this than me.
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