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observer, in an attempted coup of the united states government? >> it was a crime scene, and he claims to have been a law enforcement officer, although the do not rehire from kalamazoo police department speaks more to that. it was a crime scene. it wasn't just any old crime scene or any old riot. this was an attempted overthrow of the government of the united states of america where they had a gallows set up to hang mike pence and nancy pelosi. this was an attempted coup. and for him to minimize it like that is not just callous, it's obscene as against the constitutional order of the greatest democracy this planet has ever seen. and folks like this are all over the country. and they're dangerous in their dilution delusion is it wasn't that big of a deal, just some political gamesmanship. their lack of capacity to understand the gravity of the
>> there is an attempt here to preempt congress's role. we had the lawmaking branch of government. we are the primary and dominant branch of government. we are the ones who will decide whether there were high crimes and misdemeanors committed by this president. barr had done a mess to masterful job of -- the public about it, everybody's eyes about what was really in the report. he took a complicated set of facts which showed lots of wrongdoing and condensed the to no collusion, no obstruction. >> there was no evidence of the trump campaign collusion with the russian government hacking. >> there was no collusion, no obstruction, there was no nothing. >> neither of those things within their. that was the mantra. you could hear it 500 times a day. it's just a classic propaganda tactics of authoritarian regimes.
the conservative republican establishment, they would kind of take over, and run things like a standard run-of-the-mill, right-wing presidency, as opposed to an existential threat to constitution in the democracy. [applause] >> donald trump today, took to the rose garden to raise the white flag, and going to reopen the government without funding for the border wall. >> i'm very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown, and we open the federal government. >> i think he thought that he was going to practice extortion, political extortion, and that we would give in. and we stood strong. >> now, for the first time,
i feel like i could pull an all-nighter. i did pull one, i think it's just that feeling like, being back in college. cramming for three hours straight. >> would you think that impeachment is more unattainable now? >> i don't think it's any more or any less than it ever was. you know, my attitude from the beginning has been the impeachment should not be a fetish for anybody. but it should not be a taboo for anybody either. it's not a -- for everything that ails us in america. it's not going to get health insurance to people. it's not going to lower prescription drug prices. but it is the peoples last line of self-defense against the president who insist upon acting like a king and trampling the law. the great thing about america, what we love about america, is that it's a constitutional democracy. it's a government of the people by the people, for the people. if somebody decides to disrupt the basic fabric of our republic and to violate the law, we've got to take that seriously. this is a system of laws. the president is not above the
>> which one do you want? >> let's try this one. >> custom -- i like mine! >> that's beautiful! >> jamie, come on out. >> i went with my oldest on with my new suit. >> i didn't get in the politics to impeach donald trump. i didn't think donald trump was gonna be in the white house when i ran for office. iran as a constitutional law professor. i know one thing really well, which is about the constitution and the rule of law and american democracy. and it became clear to me that trump was actually attacking the constitutional underpinnings of american government. >> what a pleasure! >> thank you, tava. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> for most of the history of humanity, of our species, people have lived under kings
the internal dynamics of the trump operation. >> the big story, in my mind, is that we have a president who has turned the government of the united states of america into a moneymaking operation for himself, for his family, for his business, and for his friends. and so, we want to try to get the best, portrait we can of what's taking place within the trump operation. and then, we gotta start asking questions about whether this is the president was an actual threat to the character of our republic. [inaudible] >> if you would please rise, and i will begin to swear you in.
democracy remains safe. >> thank you, tommy. [applause] >> thank you. 8th congressional district, thank you for the honor of allowing me to represent you for another term. i will give it my all. i will give it my all! [applause] >> it was an amazing feeling to be in the majority. we are gonna have the chance to investigate a lot of corruption and miss friesen's of the trump administration. but of course, right when we got into the majority, and a new term started, donald trump shut the government down. >> take the time off.
law. the president is bound by the law, just like everybody else. we are all taught in third grade that we have three coequal branches. we are not a coequal branch of government, we are the preeminent branch of government. there's a reason why we are in article one. all legislative power is vested in the congress of the united states. the constitutional sovereign power of the people to create the country, to write the constitution flowed into congress. what's the core job of the president? to take care of the -- law faithfully executed. that's it. if the president doesn't take care that the laws are faithfully executed, get rid of him. i overslept. can i use your phone to call julie? you found me on the one out of
>> this is wonderful! >> i love these guys. i'm gonna about to make my contribution right now. i'm giving my entire january salary away, since the government shut down everything. and so, i'm gonna give it to all the troops that are in the frontlines. >> that's really appreciative. appreciate what you try to do when you're on the hill. >> thank you. >> hello, hi. nice to see you. what a pleasure! >> nice to see you too. >> thank you. i'm here with manna, and we're collecting food, to make sure people get what they need that are affected by the government shutdown. so -- >> i'm not sure i should -- >> thank you so much. >> i, hey, don't give him the backing wall. >> but i'm sure we'll. ever get angry at that we have
sworn witnesses. the judiciary committee is now in possession of overwhelming evidence that the president of the united states has committed high crimes and misdemeanors. impeachment is like an indictment. when the house votes to impeach, it's acting like a grand jury. it's essentially saying, we believe there been these crimes. president trump has abused the awesome powers of the presidency by using his office to corruptly demand that a foreign government interfere in our american presidential elections. in order to promote his own political campaign in 2020. this scheme subordinated the democratic sovereignty of the people, to the private political ambitions of one man, the president himself. the way i thought of it was, this would be an attempt to state the case against the president before the country. the tv cameras would be there. i was trying to bring it back to the question of elections.