Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from Utah so much for organizing this. Madam President, I think it is so important for the American people to really understand what did happen here today. And what we saw happen here today is a violation of our oath, the oath that we take that we are going to abide by the Constitution. Now, those who are watching this--and I would encourage all of my colleagues among us to pull out that Constitution and read article I, section 2, which lays out the process of impeachment for the House of Representatives. And then section 3 of that Constitution lays out the duty of the Senate in that Constitution. Now, I have a poster up here from 2019. It is Chuck Schumer. This was during the Trump impeachment in 2019. Now, Chuck Schumer, who is currently the majority leader, basically made a full-time job of talking about how the Senate had to do their constitutional duty to hold a trial. That is all he talked about for days. The clips are all over the internet. One thing he repeatedly said: We have a responsibility to let all the facts come out. ``A responsibility.'' Now, we have to say: What has changed between 2019, 2020, and today? Well, of course, we know what changed for Chuck Schumer because he is desperate to hold onto the majority in this Senate, and he did not want some of the Senators who are highly contested in their races to have to take a vote on the Mayorkas impeachment. Why is that? It is because the No.…”