People outside the Beltway are not transfixed by impeachment

Published January 31, 2020 4:00am ET



Travel out of Washington to find out what everyday people with everyday jobs and practical problems, not the people in TV studios, are saying about impeachment, and there’s an immediate snag.

“You could try Granville,” said the waitress at Franks & Sammies in Newark, Ohio, between slinging hot dogs loaded with pulled pork, bacon, or pretty much any other animal-based product imaginable during weekday lunchtime. “It’s got the college, there. They might be political, but I don’t think you’ll find anyone here to talk to about it.”

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