Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick: “This act that we are doing today is unconstitutional. The Constitution is very clear. This is not a high crime or…”

“This act that we are doing today is unconstitutional. The Constitution is very clear. This is not a high crime or misdemeanor. It bothers me that some of my colleagues on the other aisle have said we are using a marketing tool by asking for censure. Most of the American people want the President censured. Most of the American people, nearly 70 percent, do not want him impeached. Why, then, do we, who represent the people of these United States, come before the House with four articles of impeachment? I think it is a travesty. It is the wrong day. We have troops, young men and women under 25 years of age, risking their lives on foreign soil today for us to uphold justice for all of us. It is the wrong day that we are before the House with these articles of impeachment. It is the wrong way. We are not even allowed to vote, to debate the issue of censureship. Is this a democracy, or are we moving towards a totalitarian country, where our rights are taken away from us? This is a very serious moment in our history. Let us not be trivialized, or trivialize the process. A marketing tool? I do not think so.”