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Rise above hyperpartisanship. that person isn't adam schiff and he's ill serving our country and ill serving his political party by being so partisan and so fundamentally unfair. jon: if the impeachment inquiry is seen as being simply a partisan attack on a republican president, it is not going to go far with the american people. is that fair to say? >> i think that is fair to say. it undermines the process if people, in this case mostly republicans, are suggesting that it is not fair. whether it's not fair to the white house, not fair to the american people because of the way it's being condu...

Hyper partisanship is, it is a put-off, it turns people off, but not when you see elijah cummings. he always spoke in measured terms and tones about people on the opposite side of the aisle. i want to mention again fairness which will be badly missed. >> i want to talk about a quote, this fairness that elijah couplings had and the way in which he spoke, this inspiring way in which he spoke and here is a quote from him that i think many of us remember, i think it was over just the half couple of months, he said we must also stop the hate. incendiary comments. we got to do it. those in the highe...

Behaved, both as minority chair, and his ranking chair of that committee, what you saw was every day, an effort at fairness. despite the poll ryization in the house, you even saw it during the benghazi hearings when trey gowdy was his opposite on the oversite committee. elijah cummings struggled every day, fought every day to be fair, in an onslaught of pole ar eye diagnosis and hyper-partisanship, and i think that is the biggest loss. >> and you mentioned that moment earlier about his colleague mark meadows where he sat there and said mark meadows is not a racist and he defended him, you know...

We've got to maintain our focus on things like building a wall on the east shore of statin island -- >> neil: none of those things are happening. the wrap against democrats on this, so zealous to get rid of this guy that they are not -- >> i think that that is ironic. you know that i have very little allegiance to the democratic party. the president retweeted a couple of videos about max rose. he doesn't want to get anything done. you should play it one day. it is such a lame video. >> neil: how did your constituents react to that? >> here's the thing that i'm trying to say, neil. back to 2018...

Cnn political commentator. i want to be clear. you have strongly opposed impeachment in the past. here we are now are you concerned about the political risks that democrat candidates face by now all just jumping on the band wagon. >> i'm worried about them appearing to politicize it. i think they ought to watch what unanimous pelosi did and repeat that. i thought she was terrific. she was a patriot first. quoted the founders reminded that us that on constitution day itself the administration refused to comply with the law. situated herself in the least partisan posture and demeanor that she co...