Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the Senate recess for a 15-minute break. There being no objection, at 1:39 p.m., the Senate, sitting as a Court of Impeachment, recessed until 2:04 p.m., whereupon the Senate reassembled when called to order by the President pro tempore. Managers' Presentation--Continued The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Mr. Raskin. Mr. Manager RASKIN. Thank you, Mr. President. My colleagues Madeleine Dean and Ted Lieu will now detail former President Trump's increasingly desperate attempts to stop the steal. Ms. Manager DEAN. Mr. President, esteemed Members of the Senate, it is my solemn honor to be before you today. I am Madeleine Dean, Congresswoman from the Fourth Congressional District of Pennsylvania. I am a lawyer. I am a former professor of writing. I am a sister. I am a wife. I am a mother. I am a grandmother to three, with fourth on her way. I am a person of faith. And I am an American. Along with Manager Lieu, I will present the actions of a desperate President, and we will present evidence today of a class of public servants who, standing up to enormous pressure from the President of the United States, did the right thing and upheld their oaths. My colleagues just presented evidence of President Trump's months- long effort to incite his base, leading them to believe the election was stolen, that they needed to fight like hell to stop the steal on January 6. These weren't President Trump's only efforts to overturn the results.…”