Glenn Grothman: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I would like to address why we are here. We are certainly not here…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I would like to address why we are here. We are certainly not here because of a misquoted phone call in July of 2019. The Washington Post ran an article, headlined, ``The Campaign to Impeach President Trump Has Begun,'' the day he was sworn in. The gentleman from Maryland who spoke earlier today called for impeachment 2 days before President Trump was sworn in. The gentleman from Texas was introducing impeachment resolutions 2 years ago and said: President Trump should be impeached so he can't get reelected. This impeachment is not about anything that happened on a phone call. This impeachment is about what President Trump has done. The people in this country who are let in who are inadmissible or apprehended and don't have legal authority fell from 100,000 people in May to under 5,000 people in November, and you hate him for it. Ben Carson thinks that low-income housing should be used by American citizens and not people who are here illegally, and you hate him for it. President Trump doesn't want people coming here and going on welfare, and you hate him for it. President Trump wants able-bodied people on food stamps to try to work, and he is hated for it. President Trump renegotiated that rip-off trade agreement with Mexico and Canada and that was put in place by President Bush and President Obama, and you hate him for it.…”