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Enemy. >> exclamation point. >> it is a terrible thing you are doing, but you will have to live with it, not i. >> double exclamation point. >> you have cheapened the portion of the very ugly word impeachment. >> it's got exclamation points all over it. l over it. [ suspenseful music ]
The president today sent cuckoo for cocoa puffs,ing forgive me, letter to house speaker nancy pelosi objecting to the impeachment proceedings in the most bombastic terms imaginable. i am not going to read it here. you're welcome to in your own time. it's basically six pages of performative explanation points from the president. the white house counsel's office apparently taking care to put out word tonight they didn't have anything to do with this letter, this is all him. our president is to exclamation points what a porcupine is to quills. when he feels threatened, he bristles. and exclamatio...
Here. cnn legal analyst, but first go to cnn chief political analyst gloria borger and our senior white house correspondent pamela brown. gloria, first to you. when you read this letter the overall tone is defensive and angry and accusatory, and it's not exactly something we expect from someone who has bragged that impeachment is helping him. >> well, first of all, when i read it the first time seemed to me sort of the longest tweet in the history of america. what it is, one donald trump tweet one after the other complete with exclamation points and points to serious issues. this is written by...
This impeachment process is boiling down a battle between public opinion and court of law. you see republicans and democrats take two different sides. everything else is in line with what trump tends to do when he's in a time of crisis, impugn his opponents, muddy the waters and lash out. this letter comes at a time when the president is realizing he won't get what he wants when it comes to a senate impeachment trial. he won't get the exoneration. we'll hear more directly from him. this is a president who thinks he's his own best spokesperson. >> that was my sense. at this point seems mitch mc...
Feared the tribalization of partisan politics. you're bringing their worst fears to life. he goes onto say that he has a problem with -- that the speaker is saying she prays for the president when you know that statement is not true unless it's meant in a negative sense. it's a terrible thing that you're doing, but you'll have to live with it, not i. >> it's a letter that seemed like it was very likely dictated by the president. i appreciated the salem witch trials reference on page 5. i think that he got a parenthetical in of -- >> bret: this wasn't pat. >> no, no. >> could have used more exc...