The Latest: ‘Do You Hate the President?’
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced this morning that the House of Representatives would draft articles of impeachment against President Trump. But what our colleague found most striking today happened a few hours later, when a reporter for a conservative television network asked the speaker, “Do you hate the president?”
“The Latest” is a new series on the impeachment inquiry, from the team behind “The Daily.” You can find more information about it here.
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- 05 Dec 2019
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced this morning that the House of Representatives would draft articles of impeachment against President Trump. But what our colleague found most striking today happened a few hours later, when a reporter for a conservative television network asked the speaker, “Do you hate the president?”
“The Latest” is a new series on the impeachment inquiry, from the team behind “The Daily.” You can find more information about it here.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced this morning that the House of Representatives would draft articles of impeachment against President Trump. But what our colleague found most striking today happened a few hours later, when a reporter for a conservative television network asked the speaker, “Do you hate the president?”
“The Latest” is a new series on the impeachment inquiry, from the team behind “The Daily.” You can find more information about it here.