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And disgrace to the great scandal of all good citizens whereby said andrew johnson, president of the united states did commit and was then and there guilty of a high misdemeanor in office. so the language that ive used is language that the framers would have had me use and its language that was used when andrew johnson was impeached by the radical republicans. we need some radical republicans and democrats who are willing to take on this president to the same extent that the persons in 1868 took...

Before anything else? because that is something that republicans in the senate has expressed a willingness to work on. >> i believe that when you cant get all that you need, you do work to get what you can. so ill work to get what i can, but thats not the leave that we need and we cannot allow what the vice president said to just be talking points, mr. berman. we need to move to impeach this president. talking about these other things is important. we ought to take them up. but we cannot allow o...

Impeached. to defeat him at the polls will do history a disservice, would do our anything natination a di would not allow us to do what they did in 1868 when andrew johnson, who was the bigot of his time, was impeached by the radical republicans. there ought to be radical democrats and republicans willing to rise to the occasion and say to this president, you are unfit, unworthy, and you must be removed from office. we will not wait until the next election because we dont know how much carnage y...

Would make premiums more affordable all across the country. we know that health care remains out of reach and too costly for the american people. whether its premiums, prescription drug prices so the house democrats are so focused on the for the people agenda which lists health care as you were in one. i hear this concern that you speak of. that says what about the american people and what i say is we have to move forward in a way thats consistent with our values. so we say that everyone should ...

Congressional approval for appointments. i can go on and on. they said you didnt even address a high crime and misdemeanor. you were going off -- >> i will defend our right to say what they said even though they are wrong. if you will kindly read the tenth article of impeachment against andrew johnson, youll find that he was impeached for a high misdemeanor. if you find -- >> neil: it had nothing to do with racism. it had something to do with not seeking approval for appointments. you made it a ...

Impeachment a little later today. representative al green a democrat, from texas says that yesterdays vote to pass the resolution for president trump and his racist comments makes it clear now is the time to begin impeachment proceedings. >> the president, we convicted him yesterday for his bigotry. after convicting him for his bigotry, we should have the spirit of 1868 when andrew johnson was impeached for his bigotry. >> in the past pelosi says she does not support this resolution. her lack of...

>> the chair is prepared to rule. chapter 29, chapter 65.6, characterization. characterizing an action is racist is not in order. >> democrats voted against striking pelosis words from the record but technically she was barred from speaking on the floor for a bit. there will surely be questions about all of that at todays press conference. other potential topics include the debt ceiling, subpoenas for members of the trump administration who worked on the controversial census citizenship question...

Members of congress angrily. he was an out and avowed racist as well. do you think presidential words, racist invective like he has dealt itself constitutes a high crime demeanor worthy of impeachment? >> andrew johnson was article 10 of the articles impeachment against him in 1868. i think the president does more than speak words. these words are very harmful. your previous guest was quite accurate in assessing the harm that can be caused. you might recall in charlottesville that a lady lost he...

Presidential impeachment. there was an article of impeachment among many that talked about intemperate things he said it talked about hanging members of congress angrily. he was an out and avowed racist as well. do you think presidential words, racist invective like he has dealt itself constitutes a high crime demeanor worthy of impeachment? >> andrew johnson was article 10 of the articles impeachment against him in 1868. i think the president does more than speak words. these words are very har...

1868 when andrew johnson was impeached for his bigotry. >> in the past, speaker pelosi says she does not support this resolution. at a press conference today, she said theyll deal with it on the floor. all of this as the house debates to hold the attorney general in contempt. its rare for an attorney general to be held in contempt, criminal contempt but its happened before under president obama. and then attorney general eric holder was held in contempt after failing to turn over documents relat...