thursday. the full house expected to vote to impeach president trump next week, and the president is out on the campaign rally tonight trying to pretend it s no big deal, that it doesn t matter that he is at the threshold of historical infamy. now that the russia witch hunt is dead, a big fat disgusting fraud, the congressional democrats are pushing the impeachment witch hunt having to do with ukraine. [ crowd booing ] but that s already failing. you saw their so-called articles of impeachment today. people are saying, they re not even a crime. what happened? all of these horrible things. remember, bribery and this and that. where are they? they send these two things. they re not even a crime. this is the lightest, weakest impeachment.
now, the question is did president trump get off easy or is this the easier way to get all the needed democrats on board? the president decided to fight the fact that the charges aren t worse. you saw their so-called articles of impeachment today. people are saying they re not even a crime. what happened? all of these horrible things, remember, bribery and this and that. where are they? they send these two things. they re not even a crime. this is the lightest, weakest impeachment. this is impeachment light. he may be right, by the way. i think he got a really good deal on the way these articles of impeachment have been expressed thus far. now, by next week, as light as it may be, donald j. trump may have a permanent place in history as one of only three presidents to ever have impeachment attached to their
obstruction of congress. now, the question is did president trump get off easy or is this the easier way to get all the needed democrats on board? the president decided to fight the fact that the charges aren t worse. you saw their so-called articles of impeachment today. people are saying they re not even a crime. what happened? all of these horrible things, remember, bribery and this and that and where are they? they send these two things. they re not even a crime. this is the lightest, weakest impeachment. this is impeachment light. he may be right, by the way. i think he got a really good deal on the way these articles of impeachment have been expressed thus far. now, by next week, as light as it may be, donald j. trump may have a permanent place in history as one of only three presidents to ever have impeachment attached to their
president trump will be impeached on both articles of impeachment. almost a certainty. it s a matter how many votes go one way or the other. republicans are clear, they ar unanimously opposed. see where democrats land. the president will be impeached s no question about that to this point. to your point, refreshing to hear from and understandably why congresswoman slotkin is in this position and stopping, going to sit by herself quietly in a room, come to that conclusion herself. so many have to do that. phil mattingly, thank you. good luck with hydration and carbs. for the next week and a half. meantime, far away from washington in the friendly confines of a pennsylvania arena, filled with supporters, president trump had this response to those house democrats. you saw their so-called articles of impeachment today. people are saying, they re not even a crime. what happened? all of these horrible things. remember? bribery and this and that where are they? they send these two t
to be crimes. abuse of power in many respects is more serious than many criminal offenses. let s play the sound that maggie is talking about from last night. it s important to hear what the president is trying to minimize. listen. you saw their so-called articles of impeachment today. people are saying, they re not even a crime. what happened? all of these horrible things. remember, bribery and this and that. where are they? they said these two things. they re not even a crime. this is the lightest, weakest impeachment. in fact, professor toobin, the testimony of the other law professors we heard from last week was that in many ways, these impeachment charges are among the most serious we have ever seen. they get to the very fundamental nature of what the framers of the constitution were trying to guard against. and that s right, berman.