Topic summary
Never Trump
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Never Trump movement.
Impeachment
In 2019, details emerged about Trump's efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate the Biden family to help Trump's re-election campaign. Democrats initiated an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump, but, in what was a "final blow" to some Never Trumpers, Republicans were unmoved by the evidence and largely stood by Trump, leading Never Trumpers to migrate to the Democratic Party. Trump reacted by publicly characterized the witnesses in the inquiry as Never Trumpers in an effort to discredit them. In unsubstantiated statements, he has also specifically accused Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor, National Security Council official Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent, and State Department official Jennifer Williams of being Never Trumpers. When asked by Democratic House Representatives during the public impeachment hearings, Taylor, Vindman, Kent, and Williams, as well as former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, all denied being Never Trumpers.