John Cornyn: “just when you think things couldn't get any stranger here in Washington, DC, a few weeks ago, Speaker Pelosi announced…”

“just when you think things couldn't get any stranger here in Washington, DC, a few weeks ago, Speaker Pelosi announced that the House was officially beginning proceedings to impeach the President of the United States. While the left has been dreaming of impeachment ever since the President was first elected in 2016, the timing of this was quite a surprise. In fact, last January the Speaker led the effort to table an impeachment resolution, and she and Chairman Nadler and Chairman Schiff and other House leaders had said that they recognized that this would never be successful unless it is bipartisan, and I think they were right then and they are wrong now. We know that the announcement of the Speaker came at a time when the only thing the public knew was about rumors of a whistleblower complaint about a call over which virtually no one knew any details. But the facts didn't really matter. This was about grabbing ahold of something and using this as a vehicle to do what the left has wanted to do since the President was inaugurated. Were the initial reports a reason to look into the matter further? Absolutely. That is what the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that I have the privilege of serving on did. We had the Acting Director of National Intelligence come testify. We had the inspector general come testify about his report. But that is not the approach that House Democrats have taken. They made no honest effort to investigate before deciding to impeach.…”