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A lot of democrats said this is not a good look for us, why are we doing this? in the end it laid bare the split. 137 against, 95 for impeachment. that falls short, john, of the overwhelming support that the speaker has posted as her trigger for impeachment. >> absolutely, brian. if you pull this back about a week, you had a situation donald trump did not like, which was alexandria ocasio-cortez and her squad were at odds with nancy pelosi, which made it very hard for him to portray the democrats as the party of the fringe left, as the party of alexandria ocasio-cortez. nancy pelosi had broken...

Only 4 republicans crossed. and he's consolidated the republican party. he's running for president for re-election. it is a base play. and he sees that vote in the house as representing having solidified his base. >> and john allen, we have another vote in the house today, and all the cable networks carried it live. it was for an impeachment article. a lot of democrats said this is not a good look for us, why are we doing this? in the end it laid bare the split. 137 against, 95 for impeachment. that falls short, john, of the overwhelming support that the speaker has posted as her trigger for i...

Weekend. he could have shut it down. he didn't. and the president himself out on the south lawn today said he thought it was working and said that he had no regrets, that he was happy with it. and i think that a key moment in his remarks that gets at why this matters for him is that he said look at that vote yesterday that the house took, 187 republicans stayed with him, only 4 republicans crossed. and he's consolidated the republican party. he's running for president for re-election. it is a base play. and he sees that vote in the house as representing having solidified his base. >> and john ...