As Republican lawmakers retreat from scrutiny, TV hosts are taking unusual steps to hold them accountable
News anchors are increasingly focusing not on who’s on their shows, but who’s not: Republican lawmakers answering questions about President Trump’s efforts to cajole foreign governments into digging up dirt on his political opponents.
CNN’s Jake Tapper proclaimed on Sunday that no Republican Senate or House leaders would appear on his “State of the Union” to defend Trump; over on NBC, Chuck Todd expressed exasperation at one GOP senator who did agree to appear, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, for refusing to answer whether Trump’s actions were wrong.
If impeachment is largely fought in the court of public opinion, Republicans lawmakers are barely mounting a defense on television. Since theof a rough transcript of Trump urging Ukraine’s president to investigate the Bidens, none of the 53 Republican Senators have appeared on MSNBC, though a source told POLITICO the network has put out invitations to them. Just four of 197 Republican House members have appeared on MSNBC, one of whom isn’t running for reelection.
Seven Republican House members have appeared on CNN during this time period, but no senators have done so. CNN anchor Jim Sciutto said Friday that more 60 Republican members of the House and Senate didn’t respond“GOP Lawmakers Silent On Trump’s Call For China To Dig Up Biden Dirt,”One Republican on that list, Johnson, appeared two days later on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” in a
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