congressman donna edwards said she herself has experienced inappropriate behavior on capitol hill. i want to ask you about this idea of congress having coming off the franken and conyers and trent franks last week, the idea of congress conducting some kind of investigation or hearings into the allegations against the president, what do you think of that idea? i think it s very complicated because the ethics process whether it s the house or the senate are set up for those particular bodies. it s not a body really set up to investigate a president of the united states or allegations like that. on the other hand, i do think that there is a way that particularly democrats can illustrate the stories of these women and not necessarily a formal hearing. but i think it s important for them to be heard. i mean, the president keeps saying i deny, i deny as though that somehow will wipe away these accusers. but these are something like 19 accusers, none of whom really know each other. and
for elected members of the senate and the house in the wake of allegations against them. here is senator kirsten gillibrand. take a listen. president trump should resign. these allegations are credible. they are numerous. i ve heard these women s testimony. and many of them are heartbreaking. and president trump should resign his position. there is now four senator, democratic senators calling for him to resign. what do you make of that? i think it s the beginning of a drumbeat, maybe. but four democratic senators calling for the president to resign is not going to be what sends this over the top. but the fact is it s really important because if you look at the allegations that took down franken and franks and the rest, and conyers, they re very similar to the allegations against the president of the united states. i mean, particularly with respect to al franken in which it was explicitly an employment
relationship like it was with conyers, in which it was two instances maybe more of unwanted kissing, groping. those are almost apples for apples similar to what has now been said about donald trump. clearly, if those were allegations made in the private corporate sector, as we ve seen across the board over the last several weeks, he would be out on his petard. that s really clear. i think it s important for these democratic senators to come out and make their voices heard. and for these women to continue to tell their stories and tell them collectively to remind us that the president of the united states engaged in inappropriate behavior with at least 19 women who have made these allegations in public. nikki haley said something interesting over the weekend that caught the president s attention. i want to play that for you and get your response. here is what she had to say on face the nation. women who accuse anyone should be heard. they should be heard and they should be dealt
it does not concern me. it would be unconstitutional. under article one, section five, it s not a qualification for office and it s not, if it were true, it s not true. not only not true. they don t have that jurisdiction. bret: not the smoothest closing argument. that s what republicans are grappling with. if moore, wins, what do you do? expel a duly elected member of the senate when voters had knowledge of the allegations? this election is a national election democrats are making. there is a reason conyers and senator franken were forced to step aside. democrats are looking at 2018 and 2020. democrats held a press conference today.
the president said himself he thinks it s a good thing that women are coming forward, but he also feels strongly that a mere allegation shouldn t determine the course, and in this case the president has denied any of these allegations. the women accusing the president say they re clear what needs to happen next. i want to believe that as americans we can put aside our political inclinations and admit that some things in fact do transcend politics. i ask that congress put aside their party affiliations and investigate mr. trump s history of sexual misconduct. congressman donna edwards said she herself has experienced inappropriate behavior on capitol hill. i want to ask you about this idea of congress having coming off the franken and conyers and trent franks last week, the idea of congress conducting some kind of investigation or hearings into the allegations against the president, what do you think of that idea? i think it s very complicated because the ethics process