I am sorry to say that my friend from Kansas is not wrong. In the 237 years of our Nation's history, I don't know that there has been a more shameful day in the U.S. Senate than today. What we just witnessed was a travesty. It was a travesty to the U.S. Constitution, and it was a travesty to the American people. And it is important to understand why the Democrats did what they did. We are here on the Senate floor right now, but I want the record to reflect that I am going to do a very accurate count of the number of Democrats who are with us. That would be zero, other than the Presiding Officer, and somebody has to preside. Not a single Democrat Senator chose to come to this floor and listen to one word of evidence. When it comes to the Constitution, the Democrats concluded that Joe Biden and Alejandro Mayorkas defying Federal law, ignoring the text of the statute, deliberately releasing criminal illegal aliens over and over and over again--that is just hunky-dory. You can't impeach him for that. Every Democrat just voted. By the way, every Cabinet member--guess what--you have just been given a blank slate. Ignore the law. When Democrats are in charge of the Senate, the entire Cabinet can ignore the law. It is no longer impeachable in Democrat wonderland when a member of the executive branch openly defies the law. By the way, every Democrat just voted that way. They didn't hear one word of argument.…
On the recordApril 17, 2024
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