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Yes the democrats should feel plenty of shame over this impeachment but the president certainly shouldnt and neither should his supporters. in fact, just the opposite. where impeachment like a badge of honor and wheeled it like a weapon of war turn it on the democrats, make them pay for what theyve done to america. drag the process out in the senate. every day this goes on its worse for them. but their dirty secret on public display. make joe biden testified and his corrupt mess of a son and his...

They have brought nothing forward whatsoever that justifies an impeachable offense of time. the real issue here is the time they have wasted on this and its been months now. they have been failing to get things done for the public. the american people are the real losers in this process. thats the part we try to bring out, in the senate we are doing nominations for judges and putting folks in over a long period of time, but at the same time if the house isnt responding and not getting their work...

And a drumroll, please. [ hisses ] [ hisses and snarls ] [ bell chimes ] lets dance! and now the icing on the cake! welcome back. joining me now is florida congressman matt gates to look at how democrats turned a constitutional process into a circus. as i said earlier, you were the her hero of these impeachment hearings over the last few weeks and months. stopping the vote in the house

Was never really a serious option so just tell us what you are hoping to achieve during the process. >> i knew from the beginning of nancy pelosis control as speaker that we would not likely win the vote on impeachment but we have the ability to win the argument. time and again we showed the presidents conduct was entirely appropriate and consistent with his long stated goal of ensuring that we put america first and we support the u.s. taxpayer with some good scrutiny of some of these countries ...

Kind of rebellious to eat, i thought if i had been there about the kind of thing i would be doing especially when you went down to that room when adam schiff was conducting the interviews. has not always been your attitude to some of the stuff? >> we dont like it but weve got to go along with it. you seem to challenge the process more than anybody else. >> a big mistake we make is that we apply the rules to ourselves when our colleagues dont do the same thing. we settle for winning the battle of...

Depree. he was impeached on february 18th 2019. he will forever remain impeached, period. >> i love seeing a harvard law professors go to battle with one another. if speaker pelosis constitutional obligation to transmit these articles of impeachment and the reason for that is in the impeachment clause in the constitution clearly provided for a two-step process. step twos trial in the senate. in particular, if the house can impeach the president but deny that president the right to vindicate hims...

Congress. >> is the question of witnesses in the senate trial really closed here? because it is majority rule. is it possible democrats there could get a handful of republicans to agree with them that some of these witnesses need to be call or can mcconnell just block that from even being considered? >> yeah, its a two-step process. first, mitch mcconnell has to cut a deal with chuck schumer over exactly how the rules of the process, the trial will play out. and thats basic bookkeeping stuff. bu...

>> thats a great question. the fact is in my judgment at least it is inconsistent with the structure of the constitution for a speaker to hold onto the articles of impeachment. the constitution does not give the speaker of the house the right to veto an impeachment resolution thats been passed by the house. the framers enacted a two-step process. step one come impeachment by the house. step two, trial and the senate. as we know its speaker pelosi were to hold his articles indefinitely, never tra...

The judiciary committee where clearly the president felt emboldened that he could take it a step further and interfere in the next election. and that is something that is unacceptable. so if we had done nothing i think it really would have been a tragedy to our democracy, and we just could not sit on your hands. >> when you look towards the senate trial assuming that the house does vote on it next week, what do americans take from it apart from the predictions and expectations about the ultimate...

Thats unacceptable. so if we had done nothing, i think it would have been a tragedy to our democracy and we just could not sit on our hands. >> when you look towards the senate trial, assuming the house does vote on this next week, what are americans to take from it apart from the predictions or expectations about the ultimate outcome. what is the point, as you say, of catching a crime, as you put it, in progress? whats the point? >> as you know the impeachment prosesz is a two-step process. so ...