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On the recordJanuary 13, 2021
1 week ago, the President incited an insurrection against Congress to prevent the peaceful transition of power. It was the most dangerous moment for our democracy in a century. Today, we invoke the remedy the Founders provided for just such a lawless President: impeachment. More important, today, we begin the long road to restoration. America has been through a civil war, world wars, a Great Depression, pandemics, McCarthyism, and now a Trumpist and white nationalist insurrection. And yet our democracy endures. It endures because, at every juncture, every pivotal moment when evil threatened to overtake good, patriotic Americans stepped forward to say, ``Enough.'' This is one of those moments. To preserve this sacred place, this citadel of democracy, for ourselves and for posterity, let us say, ``Enough.'' Enough.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
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govinfo.gov
Jan 13, 2021

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