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Trump Is Testing the GOP's Limits

After a week of controversies, and with midterms not too far away, it’s no longer impossible to envision congressional Republicans turning against the president.
Source: Carlos Barria / Reuters

At about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, it seemed like a solitary flight of fancy when firebrand Democratic Representative Maxine Waters of Los Angeles told a conference of liberal activists in Washington, D.C., that “we don’t have to be afraid to use the word impeachment” when talking about President Trump.

At about 5 p.m., the ground trembled when posted that fired FBI Director James Comey kept contemporaneous notes that allegedly documented pressure from the president to drop the bureau’s investigation into fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Suddenly, across Washington, Waters had markedly more company

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