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Mark Meadows: Today, as we sit here debating impeachment, all they want to talk about is the Constitution and Alexander Hamilton.…

On the recordDecember 18, 2019
Today, as we sit here debating impeachment, all they want to talk about is the Constitution and Alexander Hamilton. During the last 30 days I have heard more about Hamilton from my Democrat colleagues, and until then the closest they ever came to Hamilton was a $10 bill. All of a sudden, what we have are these strict constitutionalists on the other side of the aisle. Madam Speaker, this has nothing to do with the Constitution. It has nothing to do with anything but raw politics. There is only one person on the other side of the aisle who got seven Pinocchios for not telling the truth. No one on this side of the aisle got that during this impeachment process, Madam Speaker. The American people need to understand two key facts: The Democrats in control set their own rules of evidence. They said, what we need to do for impeachment is to have compelling evidence and bipartisan support. They don't have either of those two things. They failed the rules that they made up themselves. We have got President Zelensky of Ukraine saying that there was no pressure. We have got the number two guy in Ukraine saying that there was no pressure. We have got the number three guy in Ukraine saying that there was no pressure. These are the supposed victims of this alleged crime, and yet here we are supposedly having this compelling evidence and facts when the best witness they have--the very best witness they had--had to change his testimony twice.…
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Mark Meadows
Republican · North Carolina
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Dec 18, 2019

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