DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Friday [11-1-19] began road-testing his administration’s theory that he is his own best defense against quickly unfolding impeachment proceedings, accusing House Democrats of ‘plotting to overthrow the election since the moment I won’ and targeting his usual lineup of lawmakers, journalists and ‘deep state’ officials he said have conspired against him…A day earlier, a sharply divided House voted to endorse an impeachment inquiry into the president, clearing the way for the public phase of the investigation. With House Republicans voting in lock step behind him, Mr. Trump emerged onstage as a one-man war room against accusations of abusing his power and betraying his oath of office by pressuring Ukraine to investigate political rivals.”
–Katie Rogers, “Trump Rails Against Impeachment in First Rally Since House Vote,” The New York Times online, November 1, 2019