President Trump in Hackberry, La., on May 14. Notably, rather than merely making the case for an inquiry, the ad trains its fire at Democrats for failing to initiate one. Numerous Democrats did claim there was no need to decide on an impeachment inquiry until we saw Mueller’s findings. This means Democrats may be hamstrung from doing the very fact-finding they say is necessary to decide whether to launch an impeachment inquiry. Dionne Jr.: In the battle over impeachment, Trump and the GOP have fired the first shotsGreg Sargent: The nightmare scenario for Democrats on Trump’s corruptionJulian E. Zelizer: Democrats are complicit if they don’t impeach Trump

Source: Washington Post May 16, 2019 14:13 UTC