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Understanding the Witness Surrender

Understanding the Witness Surrender

A refusal to fight for witnesses angered and bewildered a lot Democrats, here's why it happened and what it means

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Dan Pfeiffer
Feb 16, 2021
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Like many Democrats who spend too much time on Twitter, I got mad online on Saturday morning. To be fair, I have been in a state of continuous anger throughout Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. What was different on Saturday, is that I got mad at the Democrats instead of the Republicans.

Here’s the short version of what happened. The Democratic Ho…

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