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I said to the members at the beginning of the day yesterday, when we take the oath to protect and defend the constitution, we agree and we become custodians on a constitution. the constitution, brilliance of our founders to create a republic. a system of checks and balances, three coequal branches of government, separation of powers, each a check and balance on the other. as custodians of the constitution, we must be defenders of our democracy. our democracy depends on that republic and not a monarchy, article ii that says i can do whatever i want. again, with that responsibility, we go forwar...

Taylor, irregular channel, going behind closed doors -- pal, let me tell you something, donald trump sets foreign policy, not you and not all the goons over there at the state department. he sets foreign policy. you know what? you are the irregular channel. that guy you were sitting next to, kent, keen, whatever, he's the irregular channel. you guys were pushing policies contrary to the president of thr united states! article ii, the president of the united states is the executive branch! there is no state department in the constitution of theta united states! there is no secretary of state! a...

So george mason of virginia came up with a broader phrase -- high crimes and misdemeanors, and that is article ii, section 4 of the american constitution. there was a moment in our history when it saved american democracy. but at other times it's been turned into a cheap political trick hurled at opponents as a weapon. so which is it right now? >> if ever there were a time to impeach, it is now. >> he's got to go. >> almost three years into the trump presidency, calls for his impeachment come every day, sometimes every hour. >> i say impeachment, impeachment, impeachment. >> impeach trump! imp...

Out corruption. >> yes, and engle is saying no it is not. and did the president violate any laws, because according to just security, and here is the quote, the very act of holding the money in the first place could have also violated the impoundment control act. and where does that come into play here? >> the republicans are putting up a process defense here. they have created this notion of a quid pro quo, and there is no legal requirement for quid pro quo, and i would argue that the commentators are trying to misdirect this all. and the best example here is article ii of the nixon articles ...

Wing, visits by presidential envoys to initiate a political investigation of his opponent. that is exactly what richard nixon would have been impeached for in article ii and that is the high crime and misdemeanor. and misusing office to provoke a political investigation of his opponents. >> but, steve scalise says that the president had a legal obligation to hold up the money to ukraine, because of the amount of the corruption in the country. >> yeah, yeah. >> is that legit? >> well, mr. scalise has not looked at the history of this, because in the spring of this year, the department of defens...