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John Ratcliffe: Do you know who doesn't think the Democrats have presented enough testimony or evidence to impeach President Trump…

On the recordDecember 18, 2019
Do you know who doesn't think the Democrats have presented enough testimony or evidence to impeach President Trump today? It is the Democrats. Sure, here in the House, Democrats running this inquiry have declared they have done everything needed and they have all the testimony and evidence necessary to impeach right now. But right now, down the hall, Democrats in the Senate are saying the exact opposite. They are complaining they need more evidence and more testimony, because Senate Democrats know that House Democrats have built them a house-of-cards impeachment, an impeachment built by the same Democrats who told America: Trust us, President Trump committed treason; he is a Russian agent, and we have got evidence--which, of course, proved to be totally false. To quote the favorite catchphrase of one Member of this House, they got caught. Along the way, those same Democrats said: Trust us, the FISA law and court weren't abused by the Obama administration using a Democratic opposition research dossier against the Trump campaign and President Trump--again, totally false, and, again, they got caught. When Democrats started this latest impeachment inquiry, they said: Trust us, we have not yet spoken to the whistleblower. Again, totally false, and they got caught.…
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John Ratcliffe
Republican · Texas
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Dec 18, 2019

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