Originally Posted by rporter314
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I was using the numbers to show how and why most Republicans think impeachment is a very partisan political vendetta
I think you meant to say how and why they rationalize their support for Mr Trump in light of the facts which are obvious to any competent reader of the "transcript" as well as all the witnesses who have testified QPQ was their analysis of the facts on the ground in real time.

Or to put it another way ... Mr Trump could shoot someone i.e. hold up military defense aid to a country fighting a political enemy QPQ dirt on the Bidens for personal political advantage, etc and they would continue to support him. Now, the real question is why, not whether there is some fictitious partisan vendetta.

My answer provides greater insight into the real why.
Rationalization is another way to put it. Although I don't think there is anything rational about our politics these days. Politics is all about perceptions, right, wrong or indifferent. Republicans perceive the Democrats are out to remove Trump not because he did something that would warrant impeachment. But as revenge for losing an election.

This might or might not make any sense. There was an expression that went, "One side's terrorist is the other side's freedom fighters." Each side in this, pro and anti Trump view the other as their terrorist and themselves as freedom fighters.

I suppose as we become more and more polarized, more and more partisan and attach more and more importance to the R and the D, what we're going through will become the norm in our politics.

It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.