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Kevin McCarthy
@kevinmccarthy· Republican · CA· Jan 9, 2021

The other thing that we have to do is these members on either whatever position you are, calling out other members that stuff's got to stop. Tension is too high. The country is too crazy. I do not want to look back and think we caused something or we missed something and someone got hurt. I don't want to play politics with any of that.

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Kevin McCarthy
@kevinmccarthy· Republican · CA· Jan 9, 2021

Later after this call, I'm going to get another briefing from the FBI. When we say a member's name, when we incite -- or we -- in our hearts maybe we think we aren't doing it. This is not the moment in time to do it. Watch our words closely. Do not raise another member's name on a television and I'm just warning you right now, don't do it.

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Kevin McCarthy
@kevinmccarthy· Republican · CA· Jan 9, 2021

I think this will pass and it would be my recommendation you should resign.

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Kevin McCarthy
@kevinmccarthy· Republican · CA· Jan 9, 2021

You think the president deserves to be impeached for his comment? That's almost something that goes further than what the president said.

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Nancy Pelosi
@nancypelosi· Democratic · CA· Jan 8, 2021

I spoke to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike.

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Nancy Pelosi
@nancypelosi· Democratic · CA· Jan 8, 2021

The person who's running the executive branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the United States and only a number of days until we can be protected from him. But he has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him.

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Kevin McCarthy
@kevinmccarthy· Republican · CA· Jan 8, 2021

To deliver a better America for all, partisans of all stripes must first unite as Americans and show our country that a peaceful transition of power has occurred. Impeaching the president with just 12 days left in his term will only divide our country more.

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Nancy Pelosi
@nancypelosi· Democratic · CA· Jan 8, 2021

It is the hope of members the President will immediately resign. But if he does not, I've instructed the rules committee to be prepared to move forward with Congressman Jamie Raskin's 25th Amendment legislation and a motion for impeachment.

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Nancy Pelosi
@nancypelosi· Democratic · CA· Jan 8, 2021

Well, sadly, the person who is running the branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the United States, and a number of days until we can be protected from him. But he has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him.

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Nancy Pelosi
@nancypelosi· Democratic · CA· Jan 8, 2021

Well, sadly, the person running the executive branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the United States. And only a number of days until we can be protected from him, but he has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him.

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Nancy Pelosi
@nancypelosi· Democratic · CA· Jan 8, 2021

The situation of this unhinged president could not be more dangerous.

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Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell· Democratic · CA· Jan 8, 2021

We're going to do it because it could lead to his removal if there's enough courage in the Senate.

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Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell· Democratic · CA· Jan 8, 2021

We prefer, Lawrence, for the president to step aside. We know he won't do that. If that's not going to happen, we prefer for the vice president to step up and show some courage and invoke the 25th amendment. We know he probably won't do that.

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Nancy Pelosi
@nancypelosi· Democratic · CA· Jan 8, 2021

Well, sadly, the person that's running the executive branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the United States. And there are only a number of days until we can be protected from him, but he has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him.

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Nancy Pelosi
@nancypelosi· Democratic · CA· Jan 8, 2021

No, it isn't. Nothing is off the table.

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Adam Schiff
@adamschiff· Democratic · CA· Jan 8, 2021

By inciting this act of insurrection, President Trump has committed his worst offense against our country and Constitution to date.

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Adam Schiff
@adamschiff· Democratic · CA· Jan 8, 2021

The exigency of the circumstances warrants a departure from the ordinary and lengthy process in the House.

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Adam Schiff
@adamschiff· Democratic · CA· Jan 8, 2021

Congress should act to begin impeachment proceedings as the only instrument wholly within our power to remove a president who has so manifestly and repeatedly violated the Constitution and put our nation at great risk.

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