President Donald Trump just admitted that he did indeed watch today’s impeachment hearing:
Trump on impeachment after staff said he's too busy to watch: "I've been watching today. For the first time, I've been watching."
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) November 15, 2019
YOU GOT HIM!
Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said he was not going to be watching. https://t.co/bHkYDhhGNe
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 15, 2019
What WOULD we do without you brave firefighters?
""The President will be watching Congressman Nunes' opening statement, but the rest of the day he will be working hard for the American people." — WH press spox Stephanie Grisham this morning https://t.co/oQj7iNcxVy
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 15, 2019
Another Dear Diary moment, that’s for sure:
Trump admitted he's been watching the hearing today, contradicting the press secretary who said he was only tuning in for Nunes opening statement.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 15, 2019
The president also disagreed with Dems who called his tweet directed at Amb. Yovanovich “witness intimidation”:
Trump asked by @AprilDRyan whether his tweet about Yovanovich was witness intimidation: "I don't think so at all."
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 15, 2019
And he casually reminded the guardians of the 1st Amendment that he, too, has the right to speak:
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Related:
The New Yorker lists the symptoms of 'impeachment fever,' which include developing 'an attraction to Adam Schiff' https://t.co/ilvlWayx5d
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 15, 2019
WaPo, CNN firefighters who celebrated Elizabeth Warren's persistence are disgusted by Fox News' coverage of Schiff-Stefanik exchange https://t.co/8GdqyZMKli
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 15, 2019
‘FULL STOP’! Juanita Broaddrick levels Hillary Clinton’s ‘witness intimidation is a crime’ soap box https://t.co/e2rjA0CS8z
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 15, 2019