CHINA/GOP/IMPEACHMENT/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Sen. Mitt Romney on Friday [10-4-19] denounced Donald Trump for calling on China and Ukraine to investigate 2020 political rival Joe Biden, saying the president’s request is ‘wrong and appalling.’ The Utah Republican’s statement marks the strongest condemnation of the president from any Republican senator. Most members of the GOP have responded to the president’s China request with silence…Romney’s remarks come after Trump told reporters Thursday [10-3-19] that Ukraine and China should investigate the Biden family for possible corruption. The president has lambasted the Biden family for Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine in recent weeks. Trump’s request for foreign assistance to investigate a political rival is at the heart of the House’s impeachment inquiry, following a whistleblower complaint that detailed concerns over Trump pressing the Ukrainian president to investigate the Biden family during a phone call in July.”
–Marianne Levine, “Romney calls Trump’s push for foreign dirt ‘wrong and appalling’,” Politico, October 4, 2019 1:05 pm