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Everything they've told us about this president just bolsters the idea that he's putting his partisan and political interest in front of this country. >> can you look back in the rearview mirror and live with that? >> i'm good at looking in the rearview mirror mirr. we're right in the middle of this. i'm off the campaign trail right now, but i'm doing my job. to me this is just a microcosm. regardless of what happens with impeachment, it's our job. to me someone that brings in independent witnesses, it's a decency check. there are people that have come to my events, we've had the biggest crowd...

The biden, warren and buttigieg campaigns. that might give her more leverage connecting with voters on the ground. in the last five weeks before caucus, amy klobuchar started speaking to vetters, about 75 folks inside in a town of 5,000. we have a quick sound bite i want you to hear what she said to voters inside, chris. >> we have to remember that decency check is just as important for some people as some of the other issues that we debate. and if we don't remember that, we're going to screw this up. and we cannot screw this up. [ applause ] >> so klobuchar uses this bit. she talks about this...

Independents and moderate republicans that see this as a patriotism check. a values check. as i said last night in the debate in atlanta, a decency check. and they, yes, they don't like what's happening economically with pharmaceutical prices, health care, but a lot of them voted in kentucky and virginia and in other places, they voted democratic because they just can't stand what this guy is doing to our country. if we don't understand that, we're going to screw up this election. and i'm the candidate that can bring these people in, along with our democratic base so we can win. at the core of...

[ applause ] >> senator klobuchar. >> the nation was riveted this week by the testimony in washington. one of the people we heard from yesterday was lieutenant colonel vindman. and what he said was he spoke to his immigrant father, and he said in this country, you can tell the truth, and it's going to be fine. it reminded me of army counsel years and years ago in the mccarthy hearings, someone from iowa actually, mr. welch, who said, have you no sense of decency, sir? i want us to remember that this election is, yes, an economic check on this president. and i have bold ideas that we can do to ...

Check on this president and i have bold ideas that we can do as a country to make college more affordable and bring down the costs of health care, yes. but this is also a patriotism check. a value check, a decency check, and when you look at the people that turned out in kentucky and turned out in virginia, people turned out that didn't vote in 2016, african-americans are turning out like we didn't see before, but we also, and they must be with us, and we must get our fired-up democratic base with us. but we also, let's get those independents and moderate republicans who cannot stomach this gu...