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maybe he s looking up. i don t know. neil: all right come out the president had an opportunity to apologize for those remarks he made. the longest-serving member of congress and our nation s history. close to 60 years. the representative from that district, his widow, congressman debbie dingell joins us right now. thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. neil: just as an american with regard to politics that were beyond offensive, beyond cruel, beyond mean, certainly not in the character of our nation or the season. i m very sorry for what you and your family had to endure. how are you doing now? first of all, thank you for saying that. look, it is the holiday. i think thanksgiving was very hard. christmas is very hard.
are open transparent and following the facts. congresswoman today we are exactly one year away from election day, how worried are you about the negative impact that this impeachment inquiry might have for democrats in battleground states like your home state of michigan? well, first of all, there are times when your job is to protect to constitution. i, you know, 3 years ago i ve predicted that the president could win because i was listening to people, it s a long time between now and next november. i think we ve got to make sure as a democrat campaigning hard, taking nothing for granted but i don t think the outcome of next november election has been cast and i think there are a lot of things that could happen between now and next november and i ve said that before and i will say that again, unfortunately i was right 3 years ago which i hadn t been. congressman debbie dingell, thank you. thank you.
you can t have a quid pro quo if the other person leland: even though the aid was withhold. i understand your point the questioned pro without quid. reaction from the other side of the aisle, house democratic policy and communications cochair michigan congresswoman debbie dingell. she said the reason was in part because it has to be bipartisan moving forward, but thursday s big vote was partisan, so how are democrats going to convince the american public that this is not politically motivated? well, we need to make sure that they are air-operate transparent hearings, i agree with the speaker this past summer as i said before, i was
there s enough data collected it would go to house judiciary committee but we need to make sure it s open and fair. congresswoman, you explained the moment that you mind changed, any information coming out from public hearings that might change minds of republicans, president trump said from the white house south lawn that republicans are more unified than ever? i remember i was young and in college and in turn working for senator griffin during watergate and were all against the president resigning until facts came out, i flew back with the senator the day he called richard nixon the day he needed to resign because facts had become open and public that the president had died. that s why you have an investigation, you follow the facts, we are not republicans or democrats, we are americans with