Political Quotes

“I send a question to the desk on behalf of myself and Senators Moran, Daines, Ernst, Scott of Florida, and Crapo. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. Senator Thune and the other Senators ask the counsel for the President: On March 6, 2019, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, ``impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there's something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don't think we should go down that path because it divides the country.'' Alexander Hamilton also warned in Federalist 65 against the ``persecution of an intemperate or designing majority in the House of Representatives'' with respect to impeachment. In evaluating the case against the President, should the Senate take into account the partisan nature of the impeachment proceedings in the House? Mr. Counsel CIPOLLONE. Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice and Members of the Senate. Absolutely you should take that into account. That is dispositive. That should end it. Based on the statements that we heard the last time from our friends on the Democratic side, that is a reason why you shouldn't have an impeachment. Speaker Pelosi was right when she said that. Unfortunately, she didn't follow her own advice. We have never been in a situation where we have the impeachment of a President in an election year with the goal of removing the President from the ballot. As I have said before, that is the most massive election interference we have ever witnessed.…”