Political Quotes

“this is a serious, solemn, and historic day. The events that will take place this afternoon have happened only twice before in our grand Nation's 250-year history. The Chief Justice will swear in every U.S. Senator to participate as a court of impeachment in a trial of the President of the United States. Yesterday, the Senate received notice that the House of Representatives has two Articles of Impeachment to present. The House managers will exhibit those two articles today at noon. The first article charges the President with abuse of power: coercing a foreign leader into interfering in our elections, thereby using the powers of the Presidency, the most powerful public office in the Nation, to benefit himself rather than the public interest. The second charges the President with obstruction of Congress for an unprecedented blockade of the legislature's ability to investigate those very matters. Let me talk about each one. The first is so serious. Some of our Republican colleagues have said--some of the President's own men have said: Yeah, he did it, but it doesn't matter; it is not impeachable. Some of them even failed to say--many of my Republican colleagues, amazingly--it is wrong. Let me ask the American people: Do we want foreign leaders helping determine who is our President, our Senators, our Congressmen, our Governors, our legislators?…”