TODD: IMPEACHMENT REACHING A
BOILING POINT AFTER THE GOP
SENATOR, MITCH MCCONNELL AT
LOYALTY TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> AN OP-ED SAYS IT IS ANOTHER
DEMOCRATIC TALKING POINT.
TODD: THANKS FOR BEING HERE
FRANCEY.
MITCH MCCONNELL SAID, QUOTE, HE
WOULD WORK IN TOTAL COORDINATION
WITH THE HOUSE AND IS NOT
IMPARTIAL ABOUT THIS AT ALL.
GOP SENATOR LISA MURKOWSKI SAID
SHE WAS DISTURBED WHEN SHE HEARD
HIS COMMENTS.
BYRON YORK ISSUED THE FOLLOWING
OP-ED.
THE SENATE IS NOT A JURY AND
OTHER MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT
IMPEACHMENT.
DO YOU AGREE WITH BYRON YORK'S
ASSESSMENT.
>> BYRON IS RIGHT.
THIS IS A QUALIFIED LEGAL
PROCEEDING.
THE BIG NEWS IN HISTORY, DONALD
TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED, PEOPLE CALL
THAT INDICTMENT, WE TRY TO
EQUATE THAT TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM
BUT THAT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
POINT THAT HAPPENED AND IT WILL
BE A HISTORIC NOSE ON HIS
RECORD.
IT IS NOT LIKE AN INDICTMENT
WHICH IS GENERALLY HANDED DOWN
BY A GRAND JURY IN SECRET.
THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT THIS
PROCESS THAT REPRESENTED FULL
AND FAIR FUNDAMENTAL DUE PROCESS
WE EXPECT UNDER THE
CONSTITUTION.
THIS IS PURELY POLITICAL.
MCCONNELL IS COORDINATING WITH
THE WHITE HOUSE, IN THE SAME
POLITICAL PARTY, NOT A SURPRISE.
>> GREGORY WAS ON CNN AND SAID
THIS ABOUT LISA MURKOWSKI.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> HE IS GOING TO WORK HAND IN
HAND WITH THE WHITE HOUSE,
ORCHESTRATE THE TRIAL WITH WHAT
THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS, TAKING
THE OATH OF OFFICE.
>> DURING THE IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRY REPUBLICANS WERE
COMPLAINING THE REPUBLICANS
WEREN'T THERE AND IT WILL MOVE
TO THE SENATE AND MITCH
MCCONNELL WORKING HAND-IN-HAND
WITH THE WHITE HOUSE SO THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE A POINT
COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME
THING, UNFAIR PROCESS?
>> I DON'T THINK SO AND I WONDER
WHERE SENATOR MURKOWSKI WAS WHEN
ADAM SCHIPPERS CONDUCTING
PROCEEDINGS IN SECRET AND WHERE
ARE HER CALLS FOR HIM TO RELEASE
THE FINAL TRANSCRIPT OF THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WHICH
REPORTEDLY CONTAINS THINGS
FAVORABLE TO THE PRESIDENT AND
UNFAVORABLE TO THE SO-CALLED
WHISTLEBLOWER.
DEMOCRATS ARE CRYING FOUL WHEN
THEIR OWN PROCESS IS SHOCKINGLY
BEREFT OF DUE PROCESS, THE
PRESIDENT HAD NO PRESENCE IN
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE HEARINGS,
NO REPRESENTATION BY A LAWYER.
THERE WAS ALMOST NO
CROSS-EXAMINATION, REPUBLICANS
WERE NOT ALLOWED TO CALL THE
WITNESSES THEY THOUGHT MIGHT BE
RELEVANT TO THE PROCESS SO IT
DOES SEEM VERY HYPOCRITICAL AT
THIS POINT TO ME FOR THE
DEMOCRATS TO BE CRYING ABOUT
FAIRNESS.
>> INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT LISA
MURKOWSKI SAYS BECAUSE OFTEN
TIMES WHEN THERE'S A SLIGHT
FEELING THERE COULD BE A LITTLE
BIT OF A BREAK WITH THE PARTY IT
IS OFTEN SUSAN COLLINS OR LISA
MURKOWSKI LEADING THE CHARGE,
LET'S SWITCH GEARS ENTIRELY,
PETE BUTTIGIEG RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT SAYING THERE SHOULD BE
NO JAIL TIME FOR DRUG POSSESSION
INCLUDING METH AND COCAINE AND
IMMIGRATION PLAN THAT WOULD
DECRIMINALIZE DEPORTATIONS, A
LOT OF THINGS THAT WOULD FALL
UNDER DEPORTATION.
CERTAINLY MODERATE THOUSAND 20
RAISE, PETE BUTTIGIEG AND THE
DEMS?
>> I HOPE NOT.
I AM FOR LAW AND ORDER.
I'M A FORMER PROSECUTOR.
I HAVE SEEN THE RAVAGES OF METH
AND COCAINE THEY LEAVE ON
COMMUNITIES OF VIOLENCE THAT
RISES WHEN PEOPLE BECOME
ADDICTED TO THESE SUBSTANCES AND
ARE DESPERATE TO GET THEM NO
MATTER WHAT IT TAKES,
BURGLARIES, ASSAULTS, MURDERERS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYONE WHO
SAYS DECRIMINALIZING DRUGS WILL
LEAD TO A DECREASE IN CRIME.
I FEEL LIKE THE OPPOSITE WILL
HAPPEN.
CARLEY: LET'S LISTEN TO PETE
BUTTIGIEG LAYING ON HIS PLAN.
>> INCARCERATION SHOULD NOT BE A
RESPONSE TO DRUG POSITION.
>> METH OR COKE OR ANY DRUGS,
INCARCERATION.
>> THIS IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE
HE'S CONSIDERED ONE OF THE
MODERATE CANDIDATES AND YOU LOOK
AT SAN FRANCISCO THAT HAVE
DECRIMINALIZED APPS POSSESSION
AND THINGS LIKE THAT YOU HAVE TO
WONDER WHY PETE BUTTIGIEG WOULD
THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA WHEN
WE SEE CITIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO
AND THE HOMELESS CRISIS AND THE
DRUG ISSUE TAKING PLACE OVER
THERE.
>> IF YOU WANT TO EQUATE IT TO
CHILD EXPLOITATION OR CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY DO WE WANT TO
DECRIMINALIZE POSSESSION OF
THAT?
POSSESSING THESE SUBSTANCES IS
NO DIFFERENT THAN POSSESSING
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, YOU ARE
CREATING THE DRUG TRADE.