Impeachment opinions around Spokane

If you believejb.tm the polls, Americans are divided on the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. But polls aren’t the only way to gauge opinions. There’s also a more old-fashioned method: heading out and asking people you meet what they think. So that’s what The Spokesman-Review did on Friday: sent reporters to numerous locations around Spokane to gather the opinions of a wide varies of locals on impeachment.

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Sat., Jan. 25, 2020

Todd Selk is visiting Spokane from Minnesota. He said he was concerned that some senators are not paying attention to the evidence presented during President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.

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Bill Belton of Spokane has been watching multiple hours of the impeachment trial each day, he said over lunch at Ferguson’s Cafe on Friday. Belton said he believed Democrats had made a good argument that Trump shoud be removed from office in order to prevent further complications with the 2020 election.

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Chris Welp said there is no way that Trump will be convicted in the Senate. He believes both Democrats and Republicans have made mistakes, but Democrats are more at fault.

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Keira Nolan, a Running Start student at Spokane Community College

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Jake Reinoehl, a Spokane Community College student

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Isabelle Barfield, a freshman at Mead High School, at the Numerica Skate Ribbon on Friday, Jan. 24, 2019.

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Gregg Marston, a retired Spokane resident, at the Numerica Skate Ribbon on Friday, Jan. 24, 2019.

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