Charlie Dent: Amash’s Comments Are Psychologically Damaging to Republicans and to the President

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DENT: "Well, Phil, I would say this. Look, this is psychologically — Amash’s comments are psychologically damaging to Republicans and to the President. I don’t think this really changes the narrative though, that other Republicans are going to jump on board. This is a crack in the windshield, probably not going to spread, but I have to tell you, Phil, I was chuckling a bit in your lead-up here hearing people say that Justin Amash is not a conservative. He’s very libertarian. I don’t think he did this for political gain. It’s not helping him politically in his district. He’s had problems with establishment Republicans, now with Trump Republicans, so he’s taking quite a political risk by doing this. And I think that most Republicans, and I suspect the Democrats, don’t see a lot of advantage in impeachment right now. The Democrats would rather beat Trump at the ballot box, litigate this in the 2020 election, and impeachment might actually harm their electoral chances politically. So I think that’s why everyone is dancing around impeachment."