Walter B. Jones: “I explain to our Scouts that our current President did not take the same oath that they take and retake each week. I…”

“I explain to our Scouts that our current President did not take the same oath that they take and retake each week. I stress that, unfortunately, we hold our Scouts to a higher standard than our current President. That is a bitter pill. ... There is not an elite class that is above the law; there is not a clause in the Constitution that gives an elected official license to conduct himself in a reckless, wanton, and unlawful manner because of his popularity. Mr. Speaker, when I think about the letter from Mr. Hagerty, I realize that the decision we are making about the violation of the law by the President of the United States is critical to the youth of America.”