PRESIDENT’S ACQUITTAL REMARKS. HERE IS WHAT SCHUMER HAD TO SAY.
>> SO DONALD TRUMP JUST SPOKE
FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF CLAIMING
HE DID NOTHING WRONG.
THEN THE QUESTION LOOMS, MR.
PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT TRUMP, IF
YOU DID NOTHING WRONG WHY DID
YOU PREVENT ANY WITNESS AND ANY
DOCUMENT FROM BEING ALLOWED AT
THE TRIAL.
THE TRIAL. IF YOU ARE INNOCENT YOU WOULD BE
HAPPY TO HAVE WITNESSES WHO WERE
AT THE SCENE, DOCUMENTS THAT ARE
EVIDENCE OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE
SCENE COME FORWARD, BUT THE FACT
THAT DONALD TRUMP SPENT MONTHS
PREVENTING ANY WITNESS OR ANY
DOCUMENT FROM COMING FORWARD IN
FIRST THE HOUSE AND THEN THE
SENATE SPEAKS FAR MORE LOUDLY TO
THE QUESTION DID DONALD TRUMP DO
SOMETHING WRONG THAN AN HOUR AND
A HALF DIATRIBE.
THE FACT THAT DONALD TRUMP
WOULDN’T LET WITNESSES AND
DOCUMENTS INTO THE TRIAL SPEAKS
FAR MORE LOUDLY THAN HIS HOUR
AND A HALF LONG DIATRIBE THAT
WAS FILLED WITH MISTRUTHS AND
PROFANITY.
PROFANITY. IF HE DID NOTHING WRONG -- CAN
YOU HEAR?
YOU HEAR? ARE YOU OKAY?
YEAH.
YEAH. IF HE DID -- MR. PRESIDENT,
AGAIN, IF YOU DID NOTHING WRONG,
WHY DID YOU STOP EVERY WITNESS?
WHY DID YOU STOP EVERY DOCUMENT?
THE BOTTOM LINE IS PRESIDENT
TRUMP EXECUTED THE LARGEST COVER
UP SINCE WATERGATE AND THERE
WILL FOREVER BE AN ASTERISK NEXT
TO THE PRESIDENT’S NAME IN THE
HISTORY BOOKS FOR TWO REASONS,
FIRST, THE COVER UP ORCHESTRATED
BY THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTED BY
SENATE REPUBLICANS MEANS HIS
ACQUITTAL VOTE HAS NO VALUE.
IF IT’S A SHAM TRIAL WITH NOT A
WITNESS OR A DOCUMENT, THEN
ACQUITTAL MEANS NOTHING BECAUSE
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE AND THE
DEFENDANT PREVENTED THE EVIDENCE
FROM COMING.
FROM COMING. A WITNESS -- A TRIAL WITHOUT
WITNESSES, A TRIAL WITHOUT
DOCUMENTS IS NOT A TRIAL.
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS, DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN,
INDEPENDENT KNOW THAT.
AND SECOND, THIS WAS THE FIRST
TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY THAT
THERE WAS A BIPARTISAN VOTE TO
CONVICT AND REMOVE A PRESIDENT
FROM OFFICE.
FROM OFFICE. DEMOCRATS WERE UNITED, EVEN
THOSE WHO HAD A GREAT, GREAT
DIFFICULTY BECAUSE THEY CAME
FROM SUCH RED STATES, BUT MITT
ROMNEY HAD THE COURAGE TO BREAK
RANKS DESPITE HUGE AMOUNTS OF
PRESSURE.
PRESSURE. SO MANY OF OUR -- MANY OF OUR
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES PROBABLY
KNEW THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS
WRONG, BUT THEY KNOW THAT THERE
IS A VINDICTIVE ANGRY PRESIDENT
AS HIS HOUR AND A HALF SPEECH
SHOWED AND SOME WERE FEARFUL.
SOME OF THOSE COLLEAGUES SAID,
WELL, THE PRESIDENT WILL NEVER
DO IT AGAIN.
THIS SPEECH PROVED THAT HE WILL
DO IT AGAIN BECAUSE HE IS ON HIS
SELF-RIGHTEOUS HORSE SAYING HE
DID NOTHING WRONG.
THE PRESIDENT MISSED A HISTORIC
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE
NATION.
NATION. INSTEAD OF SELF-VICTIMIZING AND
INSTEAD OF BEING SPITEFUL AND
VINDICTIVE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO
HAVE USED HIS NATIONALLY
TELEVISED SPEECH TO SHOW SOME
CONTRITION AND UNITE THE NATIONS
AND PRESIDENTS NIXON AND CLINTON
EACH IN HIS OWN WAY TRIED TO DO.
I WISH FOR A MOMENT HE WOULD
DISCUSS HIS PLAN TO ADDRESS THE
MANUFACTURING RECESSION, HOW ARE
WE GOING TO PAY FOR NEW
INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW ARE WE GOING
TO GET THE COST OF DRUGS DOWN,
HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THE
RESURGENCE OF CY THANKS TO HIS
RECKLESS FOREIGN POLICY.
HE DIDN’T DO THAT BECAUSE FOR
DONALD TRUMP IT’S ALL ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP AND NO ONE ELSE.
HE WAS IMPEACHED FOR PUTTING
HIMSELF BEFORE THE NATIONAL
INTEREST.
INTEREST. HIS SPEECH SHOWED THAT THAT’S
WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES.
I WILL CLOSE BY READING
SOMETHING ADAM SCHIFF SAID IN
HIS CLOSING ARGUMENTS BECAUSE IT
FITS SO PERFECTLY.
HERE IS WHAT SCHIFF SAID, AND IF
YOU KNOW -- AND YOU KNOW YOU
CAN’T TRUST THIS PRESIDENT TO DO
RIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY.
YOU CAN TRUST HE WILL DO WHAT’S
RIGHT FOR DONALD TRUMP.
HE WILL DO IT NOW, HE’S DONE IT
BEFORE, HE WILL DO IT IN THE
NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AND HE WILL
DO IT IN THE ELECTION IF HE IS
ALLOWED TO.
ALLOWED TO. THAT IS WHY IF YOU FIND HIM
GUILTY YOU MUST FIND THAT HE
SHOULD BE REMOVED BECAUSE RIGHT
MATTERS, TRUTH MATTERS,
OTHERWISE WE ARE LOST.
DONALD TRUMP JUST PROVED ADAM
SCHIFF RIGHT.
SCHIFF RIGHT. IT’S ONLY ABOUT DONALD TRUMP,
NOT ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
AND HE’LL TRY TO REPEAT WHAT
HE’S DONE BEFORE ONCE AGAIN.
QUESTIONS ON THIS SUBJECT?
>> WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THE
WORDS THAT HE USED?
>> THE PROFANITY IS SO
INAPPROPRIATE FOR A MAN WHO
TALKS ABOUT FAITH AND VALUES.
YOU DON’T DO THAT BEFORE A
NATIONAL AUDIENCE.
NATIONAL AUDIENCE. OKAY.
OKAY. [ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
>> WELL, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS
START TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS
THAT MATTER TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, PROTECTING AMERICAN
HEALTH CARE FROM SABOTAGE,
MAKING SURE THAT PROTECTIONS FOR
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS REMAIN SO
THE INSURANCE COMPANY CAN’T CUT
YOU OFF IF YOUR KID HAS CANCER.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A
BIG INFRASTRUCTURE BILL TO
REBUILD OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND
CREATE THOUSANDS -- MILLIONS OF
GOOD PAYING JOBS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR FOREIGN
POLICY IS STRAIGHTENED OUT AND
THAT ISIS, WHICH THE EXPERTS ARE
NOW SAYING IS RESURGENT, IS HELD
INTO LINE.
INTO LINE. WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE
SUBSTANCE, DONALD TRUMP ONLY
LIKES TO FOCUS ON DONALD TRUMP.
[ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ]
>> I’M NOT GOING TO GET INTO
THAT.
THAT. OKAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.