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IT HASN'T YET HAPPENED BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT IS FEELING?
PRESIDENT WHO LIKES THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE OF BATTLE WITH HIS OPPONENTS AND YET POSSIBLY THIS COULD BE A STAIN ON HIS LEGACY.
WELL, I THINK HE FEELS THAT THOSE ON THE LEFT HAVE BEEN AIMING TO DO THIS SINCE THE VERY DAY HE WAS ELECTED.
REMEMBER AL GREEN THAT SAID THEY HAVE TO IMPEACH HIM OR HE MIGHT GET REELECTED.
THIS IS HIS FOURTH ATTEMPT.
THESE ARE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE.
DEMOCRATS THAT SAID NOW IN SOME CASES FOR YEARS SINCE HIS ELECTION THAT THEY NEEDED TO TAKE THIS ACTION.
YOU HAD PEOPLE ELECTED LAST FALL TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT.
YOU HAD A SPEAKER THAT ACTUALLY ANNOUNCED AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY BEFORE SHE EVEN GOT THE TRANSCRIPT.
THIS IS A SHAM.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE PARTICULARLY IN BATTLEGROUND STATES LIKE WISCONSIN WILL SEE THROUGH.
I THINK THE DARK DAY IS NOT FOR THE PRESIDENT.
IT'S FOR PELOSI AND OTHERS IN THE HOUSE THAT WOULD TAKE OUR COUNTRY THROUGH THIS WHEN THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE A CASE.
IT'S ALL ABOUT POLITICS.
LET ME JUST ASK YOU BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU RAISED WHICH IS THE RECALL OF 2012.
BUT LOOK.
SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S OWN APOINTEES.
PEOPLE THAT ARE CAREER FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS ACTUALLY MADE THE CASE IN FRONT OF THE WORLD AND IN FRONT OF CONGRESS AND THEIR TESTIMONY.
YOU HAD THE PRESIDENT'S OWN LAWYER REPEATEDLY SAY THAT HE HAD TO GET THE AMBASSADOR OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE SHE WAS IMPEDING HIS ABILITY TO GATHER DIRT ON THE PRESIDENT, HIS CLIENT, THE PRESIDENT'S OPPONENT.
YOU HAD HIS OWN AMBASSADOR TO THE EU TALK ABOUT THERE WAS A QUID QUO PRO.
SO I KNOW THAT YOU THINK IT'S ALL POLITICS BUT IS THERE ANY PARTS OF THE FACTS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN PRESENTED THAT GIVE YOU PAUSE?
WELL, I THINK THE FACTS THAT HAVE BEEN LARGELY IGNORED HERE IN AMERICA AND ACROSS THE GLOBE IS IN FACT, THIS, JOE BIDEN AND HIS SON HUNTER BIDEN DID NOTHING WRONG THEN THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO POLITICAL, PERSONAL, FINANCIAL OR ANY OTHER VALUE TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
IF THEY DID DO SOMETHING WRONG, WHICH MANY OF US CONTEND THAT THEY DID, IF THEY DID DO SOMETHING WRONG THEN I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE FOR ANY PRESIDENT WHETHER JOE BIDEN IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OR NOT, FOR THIS PRESIDENT OR ANY OTHER NOW AND IN THE FUTURE TO SAY WE SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS AND WE SHOULD ACTUALLY ASK FOR ASSISTANCE FROM LEADERS LIKE THE LEADER OF UKRAINE WHERE THE VERY ACT WAS AT ODDS HERE.
REMEMBER JOE BIDEN DIDN'T JUST SAY THIS IN SOME TRANSCRIPT.
HE SAID IT OUT LOUD IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE.
YOU CAN YOUTUBE IT TODAY AND LOOK AT IT YOURSELF THAT THIS GUY HELD UP A BILLION DOLLARS WHILE HE WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNTIL THAT COUNTRY FIRED A PROSECUTOR WHO WAS LOOKING INTO THE BUSINESS HIS SON WAS APART OF.
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Today is a historic day for the American presidency, as the House votes on the impeachment of President Trump. Scott Walker joins Christiane Amanpour to outline the GOP point of view of the situation, then Mark Landler, Susan Glasser and Rich Lowry discuss the constitutional and political implications. Plus, Chinonye Chukwu and Alfre Woodard join Michel Martin to discuss the new film “Clemency.”
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