A.B. 120Drd IS BACK, ASSOCIATE EDITOR AND COLUMNIST FOR FOR

EDITOR AND COLUMNIST FOR FOR REAL CLEAR POLITICS.

REAL CLEAR POLITICS. CONGRESSMAN, I’D LIKE TO BEGIN

CONGRESSMAN, I’D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH YOU BECAUSE YOUR NAME WAS

WITH YOU BECAUSE YOUR NAME WAS ON AN ACTUAL BALLOT THAT PEOPLE

ON AN ACTUAL BALLOT THAT PEOPLE CHOSE OVER YOUR OPPONENT, AND

CHOSE OVER YOUR OPPONENT, AND THAT IS WHERE DOES YOUR PARTY,

THAT IS WHERE DOES YOUR PARTY, YOUR FORMER POLITICAL PARTY,

YOUR FORMER POLITICAL PARTY, STAND TONIGHT AT THE END OF WHAT

STAND TONIGHT AT THE END OF WHAT WE’VE WITNESSED?

WE’VE WITNESSED? >> I THINK IN MANY WAYS TODAY

>> I THINK IN MANY WAYS TODAY WAS A LITTLE UNSETTLING TO THE

WAS A LITTLE UNSETTLING TO THE NATIONAL CONSCIENCE BECAUSE YOU

NATIONAL CONSCIENCE BECAUSE YOU SAW THE SENATORS IN THEIR

SAW THE SENATORS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

ENVIRONMENT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE PRESIDENT’S

TO ENGAGE WITH THE PRESIDENT’S DEFENSE COUNSEL, WITH THE HOUSE

DEFENSE COUNSEL, WITH THE HOUSE MANAGERS, AND YOU SAW VERY

MANAGERS, AND YOU SAW VERY LITTLE AUTHENTICITY.

LITTLE AUTHENTICITY. IT’S ONE THING TO SEE TED CRUZ

IT’S ONE THING TO SEE TED CRUZ AND LINDSEY GRAHAM AND MARSHA

AND LINDSEY GRAHAM AND MARSHA BLACKBURN ON FOX NEWS AND IN THE

BLACKBURN ON FOX NEWS AND IN THE HALLWAYS SPOUTDING THEIR FOX

HALLWAYS SPOUTDING THEIR FOX NEWS TALKING POINTS.

NEWS TALKING POINTS. IT’S ANOTHER THING TO SEE THEM

IT’S ANOTHER THING TO SEE THEM USE THEIR TIME AS A UNITED

USE THEIR TIME AS A UNITED STATES SENATOR SUBMITTING

STATES SENATOR SUBMITTING QUESTIONS TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE

QUESTIONS TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT PEDDLING

OF THE SUPREME COURT PEDDLING THAT SAME NARRATIVE.

THAT SAME NARRATIVE. I THINK IN MANY WAYS THAT VERY

I THINK IN MANY WAYS THAT VERY LITTLE CHANGED TODAY.

LITTLE CHANGED TODAY. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE SURPRISING

THERE WAS VERY LITTLE SURPRISING THAT HAPPENED TODAY.

THAT HAPPENED TODAY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE GRAVITY

BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE GRAVITY OF WHAT HAPPENED WAS RE REALIZED

OF WHAT HAPPENED WAS RE REALIZED YOU DO HAVE ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR

YOU DO HAVE ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES LARGELY DISCONNECTED

PARTIES LARGELY DISCONNECTED FROM ANY INTEREST IN THE TRUTH,

FROM ANY INTEREST IN THE TRUTH, ANY INTEREST IN THE GRAVITY OF

ANY INTEREST IN THE GRAVITY OF THE MOMENT, PARTICULARLY ON A

THE MOMENT, PARTICULARLY ON A DAY WHEN THE PRESIDENT’S

DAY WHEN THE PRESIDENT’S ULTIMATE DEFENSE AS ADAM SCHIFF

ULTIMATE DEFENSE AS ADAM SCHIFF SAID EVOLVED ALL THE WAY TO IF

SAID EVOLVED ALL THE WAY TO IF THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES IT’S IN

THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES IT’S IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST TO ENGAGE

THE NATIONAL INTEREST TO ENGAGE IN CORRUPT BEHAVIOR IT’S

IN CORRUPT BEHAVIOR IT’S NECESSARILY OKAY.

NECESSARILY OKAY. THAT WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT IN

THAT WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY THAT HAPPENED