Salt Lake Tribune · Oct 7, 2019
E.J. Dionne: Trump’s base is smaller than he thinks it is
President Donald Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Washington • The debate over impeaching President Trump reveals an irony: Those who favor it have far more respect for the president’s supporters than those who oppose it.
Critics of impeachment argue that the effort to remove Trump from office over his open invitations of foreign meddling in our elections will only ignite the Trump "base." Those who say we should let this all go see his backers as an excitable immovable bloc of people closed to reasoned argument or new information.