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Sheila Jackson Lee: I was on that floor just 1 week ago. So, today, the insurrectionist in chief will be impeached for insurrection. It is…

On the recordJanuary 13, 2021
I was on that floor just 1 week ago. So, today, the insurrectionist in chief will be impeached for insurrection. It is because he failed to defend this Nation against all enemies, domestic and foreign. And he stood down near the White House and told a mob of domestic terrorists to go and show your strength, be strong, you can't gain anything because of weakness. We must hold him accountable. We can heal this Nation, but he must be impeached today. We must impeach Donald J. Trump as an insurrectionist. Madam Speaker, as a senior member of the Committees on the Judiciary and on Homeland Security, as the descendant of patriotic and heroic veterans who risked their lives to defend our nation and our freedoms, as a parent with the fervent hope and determination to pass on this great democracy to the next generation, and as a citizen of the greatest republic in world history, I rise in strong support of H. Res.…
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas
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Jan 13, 2021

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