IMPEACHMENT ON SPECIFIC THINGS LIKE BRIBERY, SO ON, SO FORTH.
INSTEAD, ABUSE OF POWER MAYBE AN
IMPEACHABLE OFF BUT IT’S NOT A
CRIME.
CRIME. BUT I’M TRYING TO ASK YOU
WHETHER YOU THINK BY DOING WITH
THESE OMNIBUS ARTICLES IN A WAY
THAT KIND OF THREW EVERYTHING IN
AND KIND OF GENERAL SENSE,
WHETHER THE DEMOCRATS MIGHT HAVE
MADE A POLITICAL MISTAKE AND
GIVEN REPUBLICANS A STRONGER
ARGUMENT, OR WHETHER HAVING
ENUMERATED FOUR, FIVE, SIX,
SEVEN, EIGHT, WOULD HAVE BEEN
BETTER FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
WHY?
WHY? >> I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE NIMBLE
AND IT’S HARD TO BE NIMBLE WHEN
YOU’RE HURTING THAT MANY CATS.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY
PELOSI’S FIRST CONCERN HAS TO BE
THOSE MODERATE DEMOCRATS THAT
ARE IN VIRGINIA, IN CALIFORNIA,
ALL THE PEOPLE -- ALL THE
DEMOCRATS THAT WON REPUBLICAN
SEATS BY 1,000, 2,000, 4,000
VOTES.
VOTES. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> BUT, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS
PROCESS AND THE REPUBLICANS AND
THE HOUSE ACTED -- IN SUCH AN
ABHORRENT WAY, IT’S GOING TO
DAMAGE THEM IN THE LONG RUN,
THEY WERE MUCH BETTER OFF TO
SAY, YES DRER IT BUT, HE DID IT
A CRIME.
A CRIME. THIS IS WHY WE’RE NOT REMOVING
HIM.
HIM. THEY’RE NOT DOING THAT.
NOW SOME REPUBLICANS CYNICALLY
SAYING YOU’RE RUSHING THIS.
IT’S JUST MY NATURE TO SAY,
OKAY, I’M RUSHING THIS?
YOU KNOW WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO?
WE’RE STLOGOPPING THE TRAIN.
LET’S STOP THE TRAIN.
HOLD ON A SECOND, OH, YOU DON’T
HAVE A CRIME?
OH, YOU MEAN LIKE WHEN THE
PRESIDENT’S FIXER AND THE
PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT ILLEGALLY
GIVING A HUSH PAYMENT TO A PORN
STAR A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE
APRIL ELECTION THAT WOULDAN
ELECTION THAT WOULD HAVEnd LAD
ANY OF YOU -- YOU’RE RIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO?
WE’RE GOING TO ADD THAT BECAUSE
THAT’S A CRIME AND THAT REALLY
UPSETS YOU THAT WE HAVE
ENUMERATED A SPECIFIC CRIME THAT
WOULD HAVE SENT ANY OF TO US
JAIL IF WE HAD DONE IT IN OUR
HOUSE RACES, WE’RE GOING TO DO
ADD THAT.
ADD THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WAS
IN THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN.
THAT REMINDS US, WE HAVE THE
PRESIDENT ON RECORD OBSTRUCTING
JUSTICE TELLING THE -- AND I
WOULD PLAY IT OUT.
IT WOULD BE CHINESE WATER
TORTURE OVER WEEKS AND MONTHS.
AND DONALD TRUMP, YOU KNOW WHAT
I’D DO?
I’D DO? I’D BE LIKE, GEORGE H.W. BUSH IN
THE ’88 CAMPAIGN AGAINST MICHAEL
DUE
DUE WE’RE GOING TO HAVE STORMDS WEEK
DANIELS WEEK.
DANIELS WEEK. GOING TO BRING STORMY DANIELS
IN.
IN. GOING TO BRING COHEN OUT OF
JAIL.
JAIL. YOU’RE IN JAIL BECAUSE YOU DID
WHAT?
WHAT? YOU’RE IN JAIL BECAUSE YOU
HELPED THE PRESIDENT IN A
CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE A FEDERAL
ELECTION LAW THAT WOULD HAVE
LANDED HIM IN JAIL.
OH, OKAY.
OH, OKAY. SO IN IS STORMY DANIELS WEEK.
YOU KNOW WHAT NEXT WEEK IS?
NEXT WEEK IS SERGEY LAVROV WEEK.
AND I WOULD JUST DO IT WEEK
AFTER WEEK AFTER WEEK.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND THERE WOULD BE
SOME DEMOCRATS OH, WE CAN’T DO
THAT.
THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, NOT ONLY
WOULD THAT BE BEST FOR HISTORY,
I THINK POLITICALLY IT WOULD BE
BEST, CALL THE REPUBLICANS’
BLUFF.
BLUFF. YOU KNOW, IF DONALD TRUMP’S
SELLING OUT AN AMERICAN ALLY AND
SELLING OUT AMERICAN NATIONAL
SECURITY IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM,
YOU KNOW, THEN LET’S -- LET’S --
IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF W.D.
CHILDERS FROM THE REDNECK
RIVIERA STATE SENATOR, LET’S PUT
THE WHEAT WHERE THE GOATS CAN
EAT IT.
EAT IT. THAT’S THE THING THAT DROVE ME
CRAZY ABOUT BILL CLINTON’S
IMPEACHMENT.
IMPEACHMENT. WE ARE SITTING THERE, HE
COMMITTED PERJURY, MONICA
LEWINSKY, BUT THERE WERE SO MANY
OTHER THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW,
WERE MORE TROUBLING THAN THAT.
BUT, ANYWAY, SO, YEAH, I
WOULD -- I WOULD CALL THE
REPUBLICANS’ BLUFF.
REPUBLICANS’ BLUFF. I WOULD DRAG THIS OUT.
I WOULD ADD -- I MEAN, HE’S
COMMITTED CRIMES.
COMMITTED CRIMES. LET’S ADD IT.
THE EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE, I’D ADD
IT.
IT. CONSTITUTIONALLY, IT’S IN THE
U.S. CONSTITUTION, THEY SHOULD
ADD IT.
ADD IT. I UNDERSTAND THEY’RE DOING IT
FOR BREVITY, GET IT THROUGH
THERE TO KEEP IT AS SIMPLE AS
POSSIBLE, THAT HASN’T WORKED.
THE REPUBLICANS BAD FAITH HAS
REACHED NEW LEVELS.
BUT OF COURSE, JIM VANDEHEI,
THAT WON’T HAPPEN BECAUSE NANCY
PELOSI WANTS TO GET THIS DONE