House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) remains a hard pass on impeachment even after acting ambassador Bill Taylor dropped an explosive new claim during his public testimony Wednesday.
Taylor revealed a previously unknown phone conversation in July that his staffer overheard between President Trump and EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland, which more closely ties Trump to the Ukraine pressure campaign.
At his weekly news conference Thursday, a day after the public testimonies featuring Taylor and top State Department official George Kent, McCarthy immediately railed against Democrats’ “home field advantage” where “they got to change the course of the rules of how to handle …read more
Source:: TPM
