NUMBERS ACTUALLY ARE STAYING THE SAME, OR ACTUALLY GETTING WORSE.
WE GOT THIS NEW POLL COMING OUT
THAT OUT THIS MORNING THAT WE’RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
>> OH.
>> OH. >> THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS STILL THE
MAJORITY OF AMERICANS THINK NOT
ONLY SHOULD HE BE IMPEACHED BUT
BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES SHOULD BE REMOVED
FROM OFFICE.
FROM OFFICE. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT DID NOT
HAPPEN FOR YEARS WITH NIXON,
UNTIL THE VERY END.
>> IT’S A FASCINATING TIME RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. >> CERTAINLY, I DON’T THINK BILL
CLINTON EVER GOT INTO THE 30s AS
FAR AS BEING IMPEACHED AND
REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
>> THIS MORNING THE IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL ESSENTIALLY BEGINS.
AS JOE SAID, JUST OVER HALF OF
AMERICANS BELIEVE THE SENATE
SHOULD VOTE TO CONVICT AND
REMOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM
OFFICE.
OFFICE. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST CNN/SSRS
POLL, 51% BELIEVE TRUMP SHOULD
BE CONVICTED AND REMOVED FROM
OFFICE BY THE SNAENATE.
45% SAY HE SHOULD NOT.
69% SAY THAT THE SENATE
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL SHOULD INCLUDE
TESTIMONY FROM NEW WITNESSES.
26% DISAGREED.
26% DISAGREED. THAT’S AN IMPORTANT NUMBER.
>> THAT’S UNBELIEVABLE.
>> OH!
>> OH! BROKEN DOWN BY PARTY, THOSE WHO
AGREE WITH ALLOWING NEW
WITNESSES TO TESTIFY INCLUDE 86%
OF DEMOCRATS.
OF DEMOCRATS. 69% OF INDEPENDENTS.
48% OF REPUBLICANS.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE CHARGES
AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP, 58% OF
AMERICANS SAID THEY BELIEVED
TRUMP ABUSED THE POWERS OF THE
PRESIDENCY, AND 57% SAID TRUMP
OBSTRUCTED CONGRESS.
OBSTRUCTED CONGRESS. HOW DOES THIS IMPACT EVERYTHING?
FROM ELECTION TO THE ACTUAL
IMPEACHMENT PROCESS, JOE?
>> WELL, IT ACTUALLY IS --
AGAIN, WE HAVE A VERY SMALL
AUDIENCE HERE, AND THOSE ARE THE
REPUBLICANS WHO ACTUALLY MIGHT
BE INTERESTED IN THE FACTS.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> THE FACTS OF THIS CASE.
MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN WHAT
THEIR CONSTITUENTS ARE THINKING
IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
AND THE SENATE IS GOING TO BE SO
DIFFERENT FROM THE HOUSE.
MAYBE REPUBLICANS SEND UP AND
LINE UP BLINDLY BEHIND DONALD
TRUMP LIKE REPUBLICANS IN THE
HOUSE DID.
HOUSE DID. POLITICALLY, FOR SO MANY OF
THOSE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, IT
MADE SENSE, BECAUSE THEY’RE IN
GERRYMANDER DISTRICTS WHERE
DONALD TRUMP IS SITTING ENJOYING
A 60%, 70%, 80% APPROVAL RATING.
NOT SO IN ARIZONA, IN COLORADO,
IN -- IN MAINE, IN MOST OF THESE
STATES, BUT, WILLIE, THESE
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. ACTUALLY, IF YOU’RE IN ONE OF
THESE SWING STATES, ACTUALLY, IF
YOU’RE IN ANY STATE, SOME OF
THESE NUMBERS SHOULD SEND A REAL
MESSAGE TO YOU IF YOU’RE A
UNITED STATES SENATOR, AND
YOU’RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHETHER YOU WANT THERE TO BE A
FAIR AND OPEN TRIAL.
51% OF AMERICANS, AS WE SAW IN
THIS POLL A MAJORITY, STILL
THINK DONALD TRUMP SHOULD BE
IMPEACHED AND REMOVED FROM
OFFICE.
OFFICE. THESE OTHER NUMBERS, 69%, ALMOST
SEVEN IN TEN AMERICANS, WANT
MORE WITNESSES.
MORE WITNESSES. I MEAN, MITCH McCONNELL HAS LOST
THAT ARGUMENT.
THAT ARGUMENT. LINDSEY GRAHAM HAS LOST THAT
ARGUMENT.
ARGUMENT. DONALD TRUMP MOST IMPORTANTLY
HAS LOST THAT ARGUMENT.
THESE NUMBER, DEVASTATING.
AND ALMOST SIX IN TEN AMERICANS,
WILLIE, BELIEVE THAT HE
OBSTRUCTED THE INVESTIGATION,
AND BELIEVE THAT HE ABUSED HIS
POWER.
POWER. THINK ABOUT THAT.
SIX IN TEN AMERICANS.
ALMOST SIX IN TEN AMERICANS
THINK THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES ABUSED HIS POWER.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE’VE TALKED ABOUT
THIS BEFORE, WILLIE, WHERE YOU
HAVE PEOPLE GOING, OH, MY GOD.
HOW DOES HE GET AWAY WITH LYING?
HOW DOES HE GET AWAY WITH SAYING
THE THINGS THAT HE SAYS?
WHY ARE PEOPLE SO STUPID?
THEY BELIEVE HIM WHEN HE LIES --
THAT IT WAS IT A PERFECT -- THEY
DON’T BELIEVE HIM.
THEY KNOW HE’S LYING.
THEY DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE ONLY QUESTION NOW IS, WILL