Nothing in the impeachment hearings will change anyone’s minds

Week one of the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment hearings is over. The evidence produced so far will do nothing to change Republican support for President Trump. …

The hearings exist for the sole purpose of trying to do what previous hearings held by other committees had not been able to do: move public opinion in favor of impeachment. But polls show that the overwhelming majority of people who don’t approve of Trump are already for impeachment. The remaining holdouts are the 40 percent to 45 percent of Americans who do support the president. They have remained immune to these arguments for two months. It’s difficult to see why Trump backers will suddenly change their minds now. CONT.

Henry Olsen, Washington Post

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