When Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced last month that the House would begin a formal impeachment inquiry, the decision came amid a number of developments centered on President Trump’s interactions with Ukraine. Trump had admitted that he spoke to Ukraine’s president about former vice president Joe Biden, a possible opponent in the 2020 presidential election. Democratic representatives were tripping over each other to endorse an inquiry. The morning after Pelosi’s announcement, the White House released a rough transcript of Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president.
It’s therefore tricky to identify the trigger for a surge in support for an impeachment inquiry, but it’s not tricky to identify the surge itself. From the point at which all of that happened onward, there was a significant jump in support not only for an inquiry but for impeachment itself. CONT.
Philip Bump, Washington Post
