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According to conversations with 21 lawmakers, aides and advisers, GOP lawmakers won't champion the White House's defense of the president's conduct and "fully parrot White House talking points because they believe they lack credibility or fret they could be contradicted by new discoveries," the Post said.
One former Republican official told the Post that the president's own conduct was also an issue weighing on Republicans.
Colin Powell, a moderate Republican who served as secretary of state in the administration of President George W Bush, called on the GOP to "get a grip on itself."
"They need to get a grip, and when they see things that aren't right they need to say something about it. Because our foreign policy is a shambles right now, in my humble judgement. And I see things happening that are hard to understand," Powell said.
"Republican leaders and members of the Congress, both Senate and the House, are holding back because they're terrified of what will happen to any one of them if they speak out," Powell told a Jefferson Series panel.
https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-lawmakers-reluctant-to-defend-trump-on-ukraine-wapo-2019-10
One former Republican official told the Post that the president's own conduct was also an issue weighing on Republicans.
Colin Powell, a moderate Republican who served as secretary of state in the administration of President George W Bush, called on the GOP to "get a grip on itself."
"They need to get a grip, and when they see things that aren't right they need to say something about it. Because our foreign policy is a shambles right now, in my humble judgement. And I see things happening that are hard to understand," Powell said.
"Republican leaders and members of the Congress, both Senate and the House, are holding back because they're terrified of what will happen to any one of them if they speak out," Powell told a Jefferson Series panel.
https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-lawmakers-reluctant-to-defend-trump-on-ukraine-wapo-2019-10