Trump's strategy is to immediately counterattack when attacked, and to not let his opponents get a second wind. This is no different.
Trump should point out, relentlessly, how Mitt Romney trashed him when he viewed it expedient to do so, and sucked up to him in other circumstances when it seemed expedient to do so. This says more about Mitt Romney than it does about Trump. Romney called Trump a "con man" and a "carnival barker" in early 2016, but after the 2016 election, he had lamb chops with Trump in a pricey restaurant and pretty much begged to be Secretary of State. Somehow, Mitt Romney isn't winning me over on his "character" arguments.
So what, so many politicians in the past join cabinets of Presidents they disagree with . If Kerry won in 2004 and he wanted to interview John McCain for the the Sec of State position , McCain would take it even though he and other Republicans called Kerry’s foreign policy dangerous and cutting and running in the campaign.
The fact is Trump broke the law Fuzzy and even right wing legal experts like Judge Napolitano have said so and Napolitano is no where near a liberal . He went after Obama hard for 8 years and harder than many many other Fox Pundits do as well .
Then let impeachment happen. But let the entire House vote to authorize the inquiry.
I agree if it’s judicial committee who has to vote to authorize not entire house cause if you do analogy to court cases :
Judicial Committee: DA’s office deciding whether to file charges
Full House : Grand Jury Deciding whether to indict
Senate : Jury deciding whether to find defendant guilty or not guilty
This is the best reference I've found for an official procedure. From
"House Practice: A Guide to the Rules, Precedents and Procedures of the House (Chapter 27: Impeachment)":
Sec. 6 . In General; Initiation and Referral of Charges
Generally
Under the modern practice, an impeachment is normally instituted
by the House by the adoption of a resolution calling for a committee
investigation of charges against the officer in question. This
committee may, after investigation, recommend the dismissal of charges
or it may recommend impeachment. Impeachment--Selected Materials,
Committee on the Judiciary, H. Doc. No. 93-7, Oct. 1973, p 699. A
resolution recommending impeachment is reported to the House
simultaneously with the articles of impeachment setting forth the
grounds for the proposed action. Sec. 8, infra. Following the adoption
of a resolution to impeach, the House appoints managers to conduct the
impeachment trial in the Senate. The Senate is then informed of these
facts by resolution. Manual Sec. 607; Deschler Ch 14 Sec. 9. When this
resolution reaches the Senate, the Senate advises the House as to when
the Senate will receive the managers appointed by the House. The
managers then present themselves and the impeachment articles to the
Senate, the House reserving the right to file additional articles
later. Manual Sec. 608a; Deschler Ch 14 Sec. Sec. 10, 11.
