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[quote=Anonymous]https://thehill.com/homenews/house/463179-house-gop-lawmaker-trump-conversation-with-ukraine-leader-not-okay

[quote]Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said on Thursday that President Trump's conversation with Ukraine's leader, during which Trump urged him to open an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden, was "not okay."

[b]Turner openly criticized Trump as he began his questioning of acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire[/b] at a House Intelligence Committee hearing concerning a whistleblower complaint about Trump's July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

"I've read the complaint and I've read the transcript of the conversation with the president and the president of the Ukraine. Concerning that conversation, [b]I want to say to the president: This is not okay. That conversation is not okay. And I think it's disappointing to the American public when they read the transcript[/b]," Turner said.

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GOP lawmakers have largely stood by Trump and dismissed Democrats' calls for impeachment in the wake of the whistleblower complaint.

But a handful have expressed concern with the allegations, including Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), another member of the Intelligence Committee.

"[b]There is a lot in the whistleblower complaint that is concerning.[/b] We need to fully investigate all of the allegations addressed in the letter, and the first step is to talk to the whistleblower," Hurd, a former CIA officer who is not seeking reelection, tweeted at the start of Thursday's hearing.
 
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday that “[b]Republicans ought not to be rushing to circle the wagons to say there’s no there there when there’s obviously lots that’s very troubling there.[/b]"[/quote]

Is the tide turning? Let us keep this thread to point to GOP statement that shows the sign of republican lawmakers seeing the light and dumping Trump.[/quote]

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