NYPD THE NEW PHASE OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND THE
RESPONSE TO THE REDACTED MUELLER
REPORT BEGAN THIS AFTERNOON AT
4:5 P.M. EASTERN
THIS WAS A SURPRISE.
THE MUELLER REPORT LAYS OUT
FACTS SHOWING THAT A HOSTILE
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ATTACKED OUR
2016 ELECTION TO HELP DONALD
TRUMP AND DONALD TRUMP WELCOMED
THAT HELP.
THAT HELP. ONCE ELECTED, DONALD TRUMP
OBSTRUCTED THE INVESTIGATION
INTO THE ATTACK.
MUELLER PUT THE NEXT STEP IN THE
HANDS OF CONGRESS.
CONGRESS HAS AUTHORITY TO
PROHIBIT A PRESIDENT’S CORRUPT
USE OF HIS AUTHORITY IN ORDER TO
PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
THE NEXT STEP IS IMPEACHMENT
IT WOULD INFLICT GREAT AND
LASTING DAMAGE ON THIS COUNTRY
AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT BOTH
THE CURRENT AND FUTURE
PRESIDENTS WOULD BE FREE TO
ABUSE THEIR POWER.
IT DEMANDS THAT ELECTED
OFFICIALS IN BOTH PARTIES SET
ASIDE POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS
AND DO THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
DUTY
DUTY THAT MEANS THE HOUSE SHOULD
INITIATE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. SIGNED -- ELIZABETH WARREN
SENATOR OF MASSACHUSETTS
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY JOINING US NOW, ELIZABETH WARREN
WHO AS OF TONIGHT IS CALLING FOR
THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
I KNOW YOU MADE TIME FOR US ON
SHORT NOTICE
SHORT NOTICE SO YOU ARE THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE CALLING FOR THE START
OF IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS
DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN SAYING IT’S
NOT WORTH THE POLITICAL COST
NOT WORTH THE CIVIC COST OR,
IT’S ARGUABLY JUST TOO SOON.
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO TAKE
THIS STEP TODAY?
>> WELL, I READ THE REPORT
I WAS ON AN AIRPLANE YESTERDAY
AND STARTED READING IT
I READ IT WAY INTO THE NIGHT
LAST NIGHT AND I GOT TO THE END
AND REALIZED
AND REALIZED THIS IS ABOUT PRINCIPLE.
THE REPORT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR
THAT A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
ATTACKED OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM TO
HELP DONALD TRUMP.
HE WELCOMED THAT HELP AND THEN
WHEN IT WAS INVESTIGATED BY OUR
OWN FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, DONALD
TRUMP TOOK MULTIPLE STEPS TO TRY
TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS
WHEN I GET IT.
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK
POLITICALLY, NO, IT WILL BE TOO
HARD TO DO THIS.
THIS ISN’T ABOUT POLITICS.
THIS ISN’T EVEN SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF
IT IS ABOUT WHAT A PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE ABLE
TO DO AND WHAT THE ROLE OF
CONGRESS IS IN SAYING, NO, A
PRESIDENT DOES NOT GET TO COME
IN AND STOP AN INVESTIGATION
ABOUT A FOREIGN POWER THAT
ATTACKED THIS COUNTRY.
OR AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT HIS
OWN WRONGDOING
OWN WRONGDOING EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW.
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW AND THAT
INCLUDES THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. IT IS THE CONSTITUTIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY OF CONGRESS TO
FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT
>> IF YOU HAD A CRYSTAL BALL AND
YOU COULD SEE INTO THE FUTURE
AND YOU COULD SEE IF THE
ARGUMENT YOU’RE MAKING CARRIED
THE DAY IN THE HOUSE AND
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS BEGAN IN
THE HOUSE, AN INVESTIGATION IN
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, THEY
REFERRED ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
TO THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE VOTED
ESSENTIALLY TO INDICT THE
PRESIDENT, AND THEN THE SENATE
DIDN’T ACT, OR THE SENATE VOTED
AND DECIDED THAT THE PRESIDENT
SHOULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM
OFFICE ON THE BASIS OF THOSE
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT, IF YOU
COULD SEE INTO THE FUTURE AND
THAT’S HOW IT WOULD GO
THE HOUSE SAYS YES
THE SENATE SAYS NO
WOULD YOU STILL THINK IT WAS THE
RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE
COUNTRY AND IT WAS A WORTHY USE
OF RESOURCES AND TIME?
>> YES, IT WOULD
EACH PERSON HAS TO STAND UP AND
BE ACCOUNTED IN A DEMOCRACY.
THAT’S WHY WE’RE ELECTED INTO
THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE
THERE ARE TIMES IT BEYOND
POLITICS
POLITICS WHEN IT IS A POINT OF PRINCIPLE
TO STAND UP AND SAY, NO
PRESIDENT CAN DO THIS.
BECAUSE IT MATTERS
NOT JUST FORGOT PRESIDENT.
IT MATTERS FOR THE NEXT
PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT
AFTER THAT AND THE PRESIDENT
AFTER THAT
AFTER THAT I GET IT
I GET IT IN DICTATORSHIPS, THE GOVERNMENT
COALESCES AROUND THE ONE PERSON
IN THE MIDDLE AND DOES
EVERYTHING TO PROTECT THAT ONE
PERSON
PERSON BUT THAT’S NOT WHERE WE LIVE
WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY AND IT IS
CONTROLLED BY A CONSTITUTION
AND THE WAY WE MAKE THAT
DEMOCRACY WORK IS WITH CHECKS
AND BALANCES
AND BALANCES AND A PRESIDENT WHO SAYS I DON’T
HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW, AND
NOBODY CAN TOUCH ME ON CRIMINAL
ACTS, THAT’S NOT RIGHT
THE CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT THE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE CAN DO
THIS
THIS AND LOOK
AND LOOK THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO
DO
DO THAT’S NOT THE POINT
IT IS A POINT OF PRINCIPLE AND
EVERY MEMBER OF THE HOUSE AND
EVERY MEMBER OF THE SENATE
SHOULD BE CALLED ON TO VOTE.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THAT
CONSTITUTES AN IMPEACHABLE
OFFENSE?
OFFENSE? I DO BELIEVE THAT THE EVIDENCE
IS JUST OVERWHELMING
THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS COMMITTED
THESE OFFENSES
THESE OFFENSES AND THAT MEANS WE SHOULD OPEN
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE
AND THEN THE HOUSE CAN TAKE A
VOTE
VOTE >> SENATOR, I FEEL LIKE I’VE
BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR CAMPAIGN
CLOSELY ENOUGH THAT I FEEL
SOMEWHAT CONFIDENT IN SAYING
THAT YOU DID NOT PLAN TO BE
CALLING FOR DONALD TRUMP’S
IMPEACHMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF
YOUR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
IT’S NOT THE STYLE THAT YOU’VE
BEEN, THAT YOU’VE TAKEN TO THIS
CAMPAIGN THUS FAR.
IT IS NOT THE SORT OF THING THAT
YOU SEEM TO BE BUILDING AROUND
BUT I TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD THAT
YOU WERE STRUCK BY READING THE
REPORT
REPORT YOU WERE MOVED BY THE EVIDENCE
I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVEN’T
THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT IMPEACHMENT
AT ALL
AT ALL I’VE BEEN WATCHING THE DEMOCRATS
IN THE HOUSE FOR ONE SAY THAT
THE ONES IN LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS, WHO HAVE A SAY SAYING
NO, NO, THEY DON’T WANT TO DO IT
OR NOT ANY TIME SOON
WHEN I READ THE REPORT, THE ONE
THING I MADE SURE TO WATCH ON
TV
TV I TOOK A BREAK TO WATCH
SOUTHEASTERLY WHAT JERRY NADLER
WOULD SAY.
WOULD SAY. I HAD READ ENOUGH OF THE REPORT.
I WAS 1,000% SURE THAT WHAT HE
WAS DOING WAS GETTING IN FRONT
OF THE CAMERAS TO ANNOUNCE HE
WAS OPENING AN INQUIRY
I WOULD NOT HAVE EXPECTED.
THAT I WONDER IF YOU THINK MORE
OF YOUR COLLEAGUES THAN PEOPLE
ARE EXPECTING MIGHT COME AROUND
TO THIS.
TO THIS. THIS REPORT MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY
JARRED SOMETHING SIGNIFICANTLY
LOOSE COMPARED TO HOW PEOPLE
FELT WITH THIS ISSUE BEFORE.
>> I THINK THAT’S A GOOD POINT
AND IT VERY WELL MAY HAVE.
I HOPE EVERYBODY IN CONGRESS
ACTUALLY READS THE REPORT.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.
BUT IT IS EXACTLY WHERE YOU
STARTED THIS QUESTION.
THIS ISN’T WHAT I HAD PLANNED TO
DO
DO I GOT INTO THE RACE FOR
PRESIDENT BECAUSE MY LIFE’S WORK
ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING TO
WORKING FAMILIES ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. AND HOW IT IS THAT THE ROAD IS
GETTING ROCKIER AND STEEPER FOR
WORKING FAMILIES
WORKING FAMILIES WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS
BETTER AND BETTER FOR THOSE AT
THE TOP AND WORSE AND WORSE FOR
EVERYONE ELSE.
EVERYONE ELSE. PARTICULARLY FOR FAMILIES OF
COLOR.
COLOR. I GOT IN IT TO TALK ABOUT THINGS
LIKE A WEALTH TAX AND UNIVERSAL
CHILDCARE AND UNIVERSAL PRE-K
AND STUDENT LOAN DEBT AND ALL
THOSE THINGS ARE THERE AT
ELIZABETH WARREN.COM
ELIZABETH WARREN.COM I HOPE LOTS OF PEOPLE WILL GO
AND LOOK AT THEM AND VOLUNTEER
AND BE PART OF THAT CAMPAIGN
BUT WE’RE NOT AN AMERICA THAT
CAN BE POLITICS ALL THE TIME
IT CAN’T BE A RACE ALL THE TIME.
THERE COME MOMENTS THAT ARE
SERIOUS ENOUGH AND WHAT HAS
HAPPENED THAT WE HAVE TO STOP,
TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND BE
WILLING TO SAY THAT IS WRONG
AND I’LL STAND UP AND SAY SO
AND I HOPE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE
WILL, TOO.
WILL, TOO. >> SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN.
DEMOCRAT OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020.
I KNOW YOUR TIME IS AT A PREMIUM
AND THE HEAT OF THIS CAMPAIGN.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO
EXPLAIN IT TO US TONIGHT
>> THANK YOU