ultimately to act as a king. they wanted that person to act as a president. if we allow the president of the united states to abuse his office with impunity and he gets away with it, then ultimately what we are inviting is not the democracy with checks and balances, we are inviting a tyranny. and that is something i think is far too serious at the end of the day for the concerns of who's running for president or republicans wanting to limit the time so they have less exposure. >> the majority leader mitch mcconnell has told reporters earlier this he can't imagine a scenario in which the president would be removed from office. i mean, everybody can't be expected to be completely impartial. this is a political process. >> well, it's true. but, you know, when you take the oath of office you say i seek to