Adam Schiff ends his #ImpeachmentHearing opening statement with this: "Benjamin Franklin was asked what kind of country America was to become. 'A republic,' he answered, 'if you can keep it.' The fundamental issue raised by the impeachment inquiry into Trump is, can we keep it."

Devin Nunes is talking about Trump nudes again

Nunes accuses *Democrats* of fostering a "cult-like atmosphere"

that look when you're listening to Devin Nunes

Republicans grind things to a halt with procedural objections before the witness questioning even begins

Mike Conaway and Jim Jordan try to make the proceedings all about the whistleblower even though the whistleblower's complaint has been broadly and independently corroborated

Democrats colluded with Russia to defeat Hillary Clinton. Checks out. https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1194639357216460801

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent explains that he raised concerns about Hunter Biden's role on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company during the Obama years. He then talks about how he became aware of Giuliani's shadow foreign policy earlier this year.

Acting US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor: "As the committee is aware, I wrote that withholding assistance in exchange for help for the domestic political campaign in the United States would be crazy. I believed that then, and I believe it now."