THE REPUBLICAN CLOSING ARGUMENT AGAINST IMPEACHMENT IS PERSONALLY IMPLICATED IN THE SCANDAL
Kevin McCarthy is implicated in the scandal he doesn’t want investigated.
McCarthy received money both personally and in the guise of his Protect the House PAC from Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, the grifters at the core of the influence operation that led to Trump’s quid pro quo conversation with Volodymyr Zelensky. He also keynoted an event with the grifters. While he has said he’d donate the money to charity (though has not yet, as far as I know, shown that he did that), there is no way to unring the bell of their support. He became Majority Leader with the support of men who have since been indicted for that support.
That is the face that is leading opposition to impeachment.
Kevin McCarthy, who became Majority Leader with the support of two men already indicted for the influence operation behind the impeachment inquiry, is the face of opposition to impeachment.
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