INTERRUPT YOU FOR A MINUTE.
BEEN REPORTING ON WHAT IS GOING ON IN WASHINGTON.
>> WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES INCITED THE ARMED
REBELLION AGAINST OUR COMMON
COUNTRY.
HE MUST GO. HE IS A CLEAR AND
PRESENT DANGER TO THE NATION
THAT WE ALL LOVE.
SINCE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
IN NOVEMBER, AN ELECTION THE
PRESIDENT LOST, HE HAS REPEATEDLY HELD -- LIED ABOUT
REPEATEDLY HELD -- LIED ABOUT
THE OUTCOME AND SELF-SERVING
DOUBT AND SOUTH TO INFLUENCE THE
STATE OFFICIALS TO REPEAL REALITY.
THEN CAME THE DAY OF FIRE WE ALL
EXPERIENCED.
THE PRESIDENT MUST BE IMPEACHED
AND CONVICTED BY THE SENATE A
CONSTITUTIONAL REMEDY THAT
ENSURES THAT THE ROW PUBLIC WILL
BE SAFE FROM THE MAN WHO WAS SO
DETERMINED TO TEAR DOWN THE
THINGS THAT WE HOLD DEAR AND
THAT HOLD US TOGETHER.
IT GIVES ME NO PLEASURE AND
BREAKS MY HEART, IT SHOULD BREAK YOUR HEART, IT SHOULD BREAK ALL
YOUR HEART, IT SHOULD BREAK ALL
OUR HEARTS, YOUR PRESENCE IN THE
HALLOWED CHAMBER, A TESTAMENT
FOR THE LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY AND FAITH AND WORK OF OUR FOUNDERS
FAITH AND WORK OF OUR FOUNDERS
TO CREATE A MORE PERFECT UNION.
THOSE INSURRECTIONISTS WERE NOT
PATRIOTS.
THEY WERE NOT PART OF A
POLITICAL BASE TO BE CATERED TO
AND MANAGED.
THEY WERE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS
AND JUSTICE MUST PREVAIL.
BUT THEY DID NOT APPEAR OUT OF A
VACUUM.
THEY WERE SENT HERE BY THE
PRESIDENT WITH WORDS SUCH AS A
CRY TO FIGHT LIKE HELL, WORDS
MATTER.
TRUTH MATTERS.
ACCOUNTABILITY MATTERS.
AS PUBLIC AS THE PRESIDENT SAW
THEM NOT AS A FOES TO FREEDOM
BUT A MEANS TO A TERRIBLE
GOAL -- THE GOAL OF HIS
PERSONALLY CLINGING TO POWER.
THE GOAL OF THWARTING THE WILL
OF THE PEOPLE.
THE GOAL OF ENDING IN A FIERY
CAUSE 2 AND A HALF CENTURIES OF
OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS NOT THEORETICAL AND NOT
MOTIVATED BY BIPARTISANSHIP.
I STAND BEFORE YOU AS AN OFFICER
OF THE CONSTITUTION, A SPEAKER
OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A WIFE,
MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, A DAUGHTER,
A DAUGHTER WHOSE FATHER PROUDLY
SERVED IN THIS CONGRESS, ONE OF
THE FIRST ITALIAN-AMERICANS TO
SERVE IN THE CONGRESS.
I STAND HERE AS A NOBELLIST OF
THINGS, A CITIZEN OF THE U.S. OF
AMERICA.
WITH MY VOICE AND MY VOTE WITH A
PLEA TO ALL OF YOU, DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS, I ASK YOU TO
SEARCH YOUR SOULS AND ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS.
THE WAR ON DEMOCRACY IN KEEPING
WITH THE CONSTITUTION.
WERE HIS WORDS AND
INSURRECTIONNARY MOB A HIGH
CRIME AND MISDEMEANOR.
DO WE NOT HAVE THE DUTY TO OUR
OATH TO DO ALL WE
CONSTITUTIONALLY CAN TO PROTECT
OUR NATION AND OUR DEMOCRACY
FROM THE APPETITES AND AMBITIONS
OF A MAN WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED
THAT HE IS A VITAL THREAT TO LIBERTY, SELF-GOVERNMENT AND TO
LIBERTY, SELF-GOVERNMENT AND TO
THE RULE OF LAW?
OUR COUNTRY IS DIVIDED.
WE ALL KNOW THAT.
THERE ARE LIES SPREAD BY A
DESPERATE PRESIDENT WHO FEELS
HIS POWER SLIPPING AWAY.
WE KNOW THAT, TOO.
I KNOW THIS AS WELL, THAT WE
HEAR IN HIS HOUSE HAVE AN
OBLIGATION TO STAND FOR TRUTH,
TO STAND UP FOR THE CONSTITUTION, TO STAND AS
CONSTITUTION, TO STAND AS
GUARDIANS OF THE REPUBLIC.
THE SPEECH HE WAS PREPARED TO
GIVE IN DALLAS ON FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 22nd, 1963, PRESIDENT
KENNEDY WAS TO SAY, WE IN THIS
COUNTRY, IN THIS GENERATION ARE BY DESTINY RATHER THAN CHOICE
BY DESTINY RATHER THAN CHOICE
THE WATCH MEN ON THE WALLS OF
WORLDâ€™S FREEDOM.
WE ASK THEREFORE THAT WE MAY BE
WORTHY OF OUR POWER AND
RESPONSIBILITY.
THAT WE MAY BE WORTHY.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS
ASSASSINATED BEFORE HE COULD
DELIVER THE WORDS TO THE NATION
BUT THEY RESONATE MORE EVEN
NOW.
IN OUR TIME, IN THIS PLACE.
LET US BE WORTHY OF OUR POWER
AND RESPONSIBILITY THAT WHEN
LINCOLN THOUGHT WAS THE LAST
BEST HOPE, THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA MAY LONG SURVIVE.
MY FELLOW MEMBERS AND FELLOW
AMERICANS, WEE CANNOT ESCAPE
HISTORY, LET US EMBRACE OUR
DUTY, FULFILL OUR OATH AND HONOR
THE TRUST OF OUR NATION.
WE PRAY THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE