Rick Allen: “I thank my friend from Georgia for his great work in dealing with this very sad day in our country. Madam Speaker…”

“I thank my friend from Georgia for his great work in dealing with this very sad day in our country. Madam Speaker, today, for the third time in our Nation's history, a President will be impeached. This will be, however, the first time impeachment has been entirely partisan and without merit. This charade is not because President Trump is guilty of a high crime or misdemeanor but because one political party doesn't like him or his policies of America First. Fact one: We have a divided government, and House Democrats are at war with the executive branch. Fact two: They have been planning for this day since President Trump took office. Fact three: They accused the President first and have spent months looking for a crime. Fact four: No evidence has been presented of an impeachable offense. During one of the partisan hearings, a Member of this body asked: If President Trump had evidence of his innocence, why didn't he bring it forward? The Democrats want Americans to believe that our President is guilty until he proves himself innocent. This whole process is unconstitutional. Today, we have heard both sides, but we need to get the truth. The truth is, the decision of who should be our President should be made by the American people, not Speaker Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and House Democrats.”