military aid. it was 14 days delays. big deal. democrats think they re cat. they have nine political lives when it comes to impeachment. none of these people should be taken seriously because they know they do not have a legitimate case for impeachment and they re going forward with it anyway. jason. i would never go into court and say i tried to assault you but you beat me off you so i guess i m good. that s the argument the right has at this point. we were attempted to bribe someone. we were attempting to manipulate foreign policy to put money into pockets of rudy giuliani, but since we re not successful, you can t hold us accountable. i don t know how that works in the court of law and the court of public opinion, but it doesn t work to have a functional democracy operate with an entire media outlet saying incompetence is the reason we can t be held responsible for breaking the law. 30 seconds flannery, bribery in the constitution. well, bribery in the
this solicitation of bribery doesn t make it any less bribery. doesn t make it any less immoral or corrupt. it just means it was unsuccessful. and to that, we owe other dedicated public servants who blew the whistle. had they not blown the whistle, we wouldn t be here and i think it is appalling that my colleagues continue to want to out this whistle-blower so that he or she can be punished by this president. but let s underscore once again while you are the beginning of this story, you re not the end of it. but nonetheless, the beginning is important because the beginning of the story is an effort to get you out of the way. an effort by rudy giuliani and fruman and parnas and corrupt ukrainians to get you out of the way. because they felt you were an impediment to these political investigations the president so desperately wanted.