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Quote, will be the shortest investigation producing the thinnest record of wrongdoing for the narrowest impeachment in history, end of quote. at the end of the day, i want to invoke the words of my colleague from the rules committee, congressman al c. hastings who said during one debate that the majority's efforts would backfire. he said, you will lose. this will cost you the majority next year, and some of you aren't going to be here in the next congress. i hope you've had your fun. well, i tell my colleagues, go ahead. vote to impeach president trump tomorrow. but when you walk out of this h...

Ahead. vote to impeach president trump tomorrow. but when you walk out of this hearing room, call your freshman colleagues and tell them they're not coming back, and you hope they had their fun. say good-bye to your majority status, and please join us in january of 2021 when president trump is inaugurated again. >> some people in this room aren't willing to lose an election to save our democracy. the truth is staring us in our face. >> 31 democrats are up for re-election in congressional districts president trump won in 2016, and it remains to be seen how many will ultimately risk a yes vote o...

Evidence. we've got a situation where we've got an out-of-control administration that is not obeying the rules. so we've got congress and the courts working together to say no, you have to do this. now, if he is going to defy two branches of government, we end up in a different play, congresswoman mary gay scanlon, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you. joining me now the discuss the exodus of so many republicans in the house, michael steele and msnbc political analyst norm ornstein, co-author of "one nation after trump." michael, what do you make of the retirements? >> well, there ...

Education, health care, look my north star is the middle class. when the middle class does well, everybody does well. it is center left that's where i am. where it's not is way left. >> and interesting take for the former vice president there talking when he's running the in democratic primary where everybody is far left now it seems. >> first of all, no disrespect, but i love when republicans try to give democrats advice about what we should be doing in our own party. i think you guys have your own problems. the second thing, i think the vice president has his finger on the political pulse. i...

Legislation in the new congress, is going to be over this fight. and also there's been another tactical problem here and that is half the government, more than half, has been funded by appropriations bills that actually made it to the president's desk. because the armed services committee had their act together, for example, they're fully funded through the end of the fiscal year. so we're not in the middle of a shutdown. we're in the middle of a partial shutdown where people -- the post office is open, the military is operational, dhs is closed but tsa is open and screening people. so really ...