Says, you can go to work. Its important to remember that the facts are clear. No president has ever, ever obstruct the congress in the manner that we have seen from President Trump. Will the Gentleman Yield . In a moment. Its always important to make sure that the facts are clear and that we dont muddy the waters by suggesting something that is so unprecedented that we have never before in the history of our country, just somehow part and parcel of the way things work around here. They dont. We know it and our Friends On The Other Side of the aisle know it. The American People know it, but mr. Johnson is right, sometimes its important to remind them of that. Will the Gentleman Yield for questions . I just wanted a postscript to underscore the very important
point that mr. Deutsch is making here. Article one of the constitution, that gives representatives the sole power of impeachment. That gives the senate the sole power of trial. United states versus nixon, the Supreme Court emphasize
Government. And then simply says, but you can go to court because thats how things always work. Again, its just important to remember. The facts are clear. No president has ever, ever, ever obstructed congress in the manner that weve seen from President Trump. Will the gentleman yield . In a moment. And so as as we go forward, and i dont know how much longer well be here. Its always important to makel sure that the facts are clear. And that we dont muddy the waters by suggesting that something that is sosu unprecedented, that weve never seen before in the history of our country, is somehow just a parcel of thes way things work around here. They dont. Know it. Friends on The Other Side of the aisle know it. The American People know it. But mr. Johnsons right. Sometimes its important to remind them of it. T. I yield. Will the gentleman yield . Nt thank you. I just want to add a little
constitutional postscript to underscore the verye important point that mr. Deutch is making here. The ar
them, he refused to listen to the voice of the voting public. he rejected the bedrock principle of democratic life, the peaceful transfer of power, the unspoken assumption behind the idea that trump should be allowed on the ballot, and that the public should have the chance to choose for or dweps him again, is that he will electorate. voice of the but we know this isn t true. if it wasn t true after the 2016 presidential election, when, after winning the electoral college, he sought to delegitimize the popular victory of his opponent as fraud. there is an irony here. he is saying the democratic thing to do is to allow me to be on the ballot in the name of democracy, this coming from a person who tried to overturn a fair and free election. and i think that is the point. i think that is what needs to be recognized here. that is that if we give
countryman. that s why he has such high approval ratings in virginia. i think is he a remarkable governor for our state. to have haded to we ll be watching. meantime, before we let you go get your thoughts on this. d.c. targeted pro-life protesters no 2021. listen to this ruling. judge says the protesters covered streets, sidewalk and store fronts with paint and chalk, yet, none of the protesters arrested. curing of the same summer district police officers arrested two pro-life advocates in a smaller protest for chalking black preborn lives matter on a public sidewalk by making no arrest the police effectively exempted advocates of the black lives matter message from the requirements of the ordinance. what message does a unanimous decision like this, including some democratic appointed judges send to cities who try to treat the constitution as merely a suggestion and not the law. we have about 20 seconds to you. well, i think the first amendment is the bedrock principle of who we are
it s politically motivated. the hearing at the end of the hearing the judge quoted a supreme court decision which reads, it is a bedrock principle of the judicial process that legal trials are not like elections to be won through the use of meeting hall, the radio and newspaper adding this case is no exception. then she offered this warning. the more a party makes inflammatory statements about this case, which could taint the jury pool, the greater the urgency to proceed to trial quickly. why should trump s statements have any impact on the pace with which he s tried? on tuesday the new york times published an etc. is a from a prior guest of mine here tha came under the headline, the prosecution of trump may have terrible consequences. in it, he rowrote, even if the prosecution succeeds before or after the election, the costs to the legal and political systems will be large. there s no getting around the fact that the indictment comes