Sunday shows – Spotlight shifts to Trump tweet, Senate trial witnesses

Rep. Adam Schiff during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” said that he thought a critical tweet President Trump sent earlier Sunday was a threat as guests on the political talk shows also focused on the possibility of witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial.

New polling in the Democratic presidential primary was also unveiled ahead of the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, and a top health official weighed in on the coronavirus outbreak.

Read The Hill’s complete coverage below.

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Schiff says Trump tweet is ‘intended to be’ a threat By REBECCA KLAR    House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who has taken a leading role in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, said Sunday that a tweet from the president is “intended to be” a threat. Read the full story here

House impeachment manager: Trump ‘ought to get a grip and be more presidential’ By REBECCA KLAR    Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), a House impeachment manager, said Sunday that President Trump should be “more presidential” after he sent a tweet criticizing Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the lead House Democrat who is presenting the impeachment case against Trump in the Senate. Read the full story here

Lofgren says senators should vote for witnesses as a ‘favor’ to the country By REBECCA KLAR   Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), a House manager presenting the impeachment case against President Trump, on Sunday urged senators to vote to compel witnesses and documents as part of his trial in the upper chamber, saying it would be a “favor” to the country. Read the full story here

Cotton: Democrats are ‘upset that their witnesses haven’t said what they want them to say’ By ZACK BUDRYK    Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Sunday dismissed the idea of calling witnesses in the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Trump, although he said he did not know whether any of his Republican colleagues would vote to hear additional testimony. Read the full story here

GOP senator says Democrats want to slow down impeachment trial By JUSTINE COLEMAN   Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) criticized Democratic House impeachment managers on Sunday, saying they want to slow down the Senate trial of President Trump just as Republicans hope to wrap it up. Read the full story here

Klobuchar channels ‘Hamilton,’ says she wants to hear from ‘the men in the room where it happened’ in impeachment trial By JUSTINE COLEMAN   Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) channeled the musical “Hamilton” while calling for witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial, saying she wants to hear from “the men in the room where it happened.” Read the full story here

Democratic manager: ‘Evidence against the president is overwhelming’ By JUSTINE COLEMAN   “Regardless of what you say, the truth still matters and the evidence against the president is overwhelming,” Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) said on ABC’s “This Week.” Read the full story here

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GOP senator says impeachment trial will ‘hopefully’ serve as warning to Trump, future presidents By REBECCA KLAR   Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said Sunday he believes that impeachment will push President Trump to change his future behavior even if he is acquitted in the Senate. Read the full story here

GOP senator defends Trump after release of Parnas recording: ‘Certainly the president meets a lot of people’ By REBECCA KLAR   Republican Sen. James Lankford (Okla.) defended President Trump Sunday amid newly released audio of a conversation between Trump and Lev Parnas that raises questions about whether Trump lied about not knowing the indicted businessman.  Read the full story here

Fox’s Wallace confronts Dershowitz with clip arguing crime not necessary for impeachment By ZACK BUDRYK   Alan Dershowitz, a member of President Trump’s team during his impeachment trial, on Sunday fielded questions about whether his defense of the president was at odds with his positions during the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. Read the full story here

Sanders, Biden in statistical dead heat in Iowa: poll By JUSTINE COLEMAN   Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Vice President Joe Biden are in a statistical dead heat atop the 2020 Democratic presidential field in Iowa just before the state’s caucuses, according to a poll released Sunday. Read the full story here

Sanders leads 2020 Democrats by 5 points in New Hampshire: poll By KYLE BALLUCK    Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) leads his closest challenger in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary field by 5 points in New Hampshire, according to a new poll. Read the full story here

Yang on his wife’s disclosure of sexual abuse: ‘I felt like I’d failed her’ By ZACK BUDRYK   Entrepreneur and presidential candidate Andrew Yang said Sunday that after he learned his wife Evelyn had been sexually assaulted by her doctor he “felt like I’d failed her.” Read the full story here

Government health agency official: Coronavirus ‘isn’t something the American public need to worry about’ By J. EDWARD MORENO   Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said Sunday the American public shouldn’t worry about the coronavirus outbreak in China.  Read the full story here