Political Quotes

“It certainly seems to me that, today, 51 of our friends across the aisle voted to not have a trial. Make note of this: that every person that voted to end that trial was a vote for an open border. It was a vote to tell Laken Riley's family that the life of their daughter didn't matter. It was a vote to tell the 250,000 families that lost a loved one to fentanyl: It doesn't matter. But what struck me, as the clock struck midnight here and we lost that vote, is I feel like the Senate was gutted, that we lost part of our powers. You know, in high school we were taught--in high school government, we talked about checks and balances. And one of the checks and balances that the legislative branch had on the executive branch was this impeachment process. And I want to ask my colleague from Texas: Why do I feel like it has just been gutted right now--like the entire Senate--that this body has been gutted of a power that we are never going to get back, that impeachment going forward may mean nothing. Am I wrong?”