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They still feel that way, just as many of those on the other side totally against that. weve just talked to congressman cliburn, said its a rigged process and the republicans are proving, and exactly what the republicans have been saying about the process in the house. so is it moving minds? >> i dont think so and i think it doesnt matter how long they draw it out, its still going to happen. when you were talking how, its the reality is the reality has been impeached. i thought of that seinfeld ...

Count unless it is formally sent to the senate? >> i dont agree with that, neil. i think that the process has been delayed, paused stopped, but the impeachment itself happened. we look in the constitution, it says if the house can impeach with a simple majority and once that vote is taken, the president is impeached. and the articles need to move over to the senate to go to trial. i dont think theyve avoided impeaching him with this pause. neil: and well know, its obstruction of justice and buab...

Its the reverse of giving somebody a fair trial, and hanging them. neil: no, i understand that but republicans have said the same thing that it was a rigged process all of the votes for impeachment came from democrats not a single republican. your process was rigged the other way, so what do you say? >> ill say it was not. when you say to the president please come and testify, send all your people over here, and let them testify, and under oath thats what we offered. thats what he refused. so ho...

If we knew what the process was, we would know what to do. we do not have the process. neil: but thats the senates process right? youre not there to judge them, nor are they to judge you, right >> the senate develops it, but its the countrys process. neil: but are you worried its looking bad for democrats but it looks like youre being everything you said republicans were, saying about the house, that youre compounding it. >> well the political process is a little bit like beauty. its in the eyes...

Talking about other positive things, like their policies or how they would change the lives of the american people, if they were in the presidency. they are going to be talking instead, more about something where the support for it is dropping. neil: you know the leverage argument. what you get for delaying it if youre nancy pelosi. no matter your politics on this, that where is the upside in pushing this back, or extracting or trying to do concessions if im mitch mcconnell and i say fine, we th...

>> well the precedent in this country, i think that we do, lets just look at what was done when bill clinton was impeached. 100 senators voted for the process. 100, it was a bipartisan process you put it on the floor and everybody bought into it and then we went forward. why wont mitch mcconnell do the same thing here? neil: but that process, sir, just to be clear in that process i covered that impeachment thats how old i am, youre just a spring chicken compared to that but anyway, i covered tha...