Topic: trump ukraine scandal

Jay Sekulow, Pat Cipollone and Donald Trump (J. Scott Applewhite/Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo/Saul Loeb/Getty Images/Salon)

Next Trump defense: Get over It

Amanda Marcotte
Former acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney answers questions during a briefing at the White House October 17, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Mulvaney tries to duck Ukraine mess

Amanda Marcotte
A joint session of Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC (JIM LO SCALZO/AFP via Getty Images)

Every Democrat must vote to impeach

Amanda Marcotte
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during his weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol on November 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. Republicans spoke about their desire to work on their legislative agenda despite the impeachment hearings in the House. (Alex Edelman/Getty Images)

GOP's Senate trial will be a sham

Amanda Marcotte
Ranking member Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) speaks as Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) listens during testimony by constitutional scholars before the House Judiciary Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill December 4, 2019 in Washington, DC. This is the first hearing held by the Judiciary Committee in the impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump, whom House Democrats say held back military aid for Ukraine while demanding it investigate his political rivals. The Judiciary Committee will decide whether to draft official articles of impeachment against President Trump to be voted on by the full House of Representatives. (Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)

GOP's last line: Pure tribal hatred

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump, Jim Jordan, Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton and Devin Nunes (Getty Images/Salon)

How many Republicans are implicated?

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump (AP Photo/Salon)

Trump's conspiracy: No theory required

Amanda Marcotte
Former White House national security aide Fiona Hill, left, and David Holmes, a U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, are sworn in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump's Ukraine conspiracy, explained

Amanda Marcotte
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper, right, and State Department official David Hale, are sworn in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

GOP's convoluted Trump defense implodes

Amanda Marcotte
Ambassador Kurt Volker, left, former special envoy to Ukraine, and Tim Morrison, a former official at the National Security Council are sworn in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. ( (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Is this the best Republicans can do?

Amanda Marcotte
Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President Mike Pence, left, and National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, are sworn in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

What the hell do Republicans have left?

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump and Mike Pence (Brendan Smialowski/Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

President Pence? Trump's got it covered

Amanda Marcotte