Political Quotes

“Mr. President, on my behalf and the behalf of Senator Cramer, I send a question to the desk. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Senator Hawley, on behalf of himself and Senator Cramer, sends a question for the counsel and House managers. And following our procedure, the first one to respond after it is read will be the counsel for the former President. The legislative clerk read as follows: If the Senate's power to disqualify is not derivative of the power to remove a convicted President from office, could the Senate disqualify a sitting President but not remove him or her? Mr. Counsel VAN DER VEEN. Would you read that question again, if you would please? The legislative clerk read as follows: If the Senate's power to disqualify is not derivative of the power to remove a convicted President from office, could the Senate disqualify a sitting President but not remove him or her? The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Counsel for the former President has 2\1/ 2\ minutes. Mr. Counsel VAN DER VEEN. No. But I can't let this rest. Mr. Castro attributed a statement the time before last that he was up here that Donald Trump had told his people to fight to the death. I am not from here. I am not like you guys. I was being very polite in giving an opportunity to correct the record, and I thought that is exactly what he would do. But instead, what he did is he came up and illustrated the problem with the presentation of the House case. It has been smoke and mirrors, and, worse, it has been dishonest.…”