Following allegations of campaign finance fraud in connection to Trump’s call to Ukrainian counterpart in July 2019, House Democrats fielded an impeachment inquiry. Grand Old Party (GOP) or Republican party members, notably in the Senate have demonstrated the intent of countering the inquiry.

However, Alexander Bolton, stated that “Senate Republicans realize they need to push back more aggressively on the fast-moving impeachment inquiry in the House, but they have yet to display a unified strategy.”

In the article published in The Hill, Bolton reports what is a Republican struggle to field a strategy to counter the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry. Bolton notes that,

…The disunity comes as public opinion polls show growing support for impeachment proceedings, giving more momentum to congressional Democrats almost three weeks after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced the inquiry… a A Senate Republican aide said GOP leaders initially wanted to steer clear of the politics of impeachment and paint it as a frivolous, partisan exercise by House Democrats that would interfere with passing regular legislation. But the thinking has changed in light of new polls showing Democrats are making strides in the court of public opinion, with a growing number of Americans now saying Trump should be impeaching. A Fox News poll released Wednesday showed that a record 51 percent of voters want to see Trump impeached and removed from office.

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