analysts. the congressman said at his rally tonight after he got impeached he s the first president who s not committed a crime, not charged with a crime. what is your reaction to that? well, first of all, thank you for having me on the show. and i ve looked at the declaration of independence and actually a precursor to our constitution, the constitution says nothing about having to have a crime to be impeached. it s very clear. the president doesn t understand the constitution. i doubt if he s ever looked at the constitution. so when he says these things some people will believe him, but there s no basis to it. he can be impeached for what he was impeached for tonight, he can be removed from office in the senate for abuse of power or obstructing justice or obstructing congress. what was your feeling tonight watching republicans on the house floor, of whom were there when you served. can you explain what has come
vote yes. gentleman yields back. gentleman from georgia. and joining our discussion now, we have tom coleman, a former republican congressman from missouri. also with us, former republican congressman david jolly and they are both msnbc analysts. donald trump said at his rally tonight after he got impeached he s the first president who has not committed a crime, not charged with a crime. what is your reaction to that? well, first of all, thank you for having me on the show. and i ve looked at the declaration of independence and actually a precursor to our constitution, the constitution says nothing about having to have a crime to be impeached. it s very clear. the president doesn t understand
gentleman yields back. gentleman from georgia. [ applause ] and joining our discussion now we have tom coleman, a former republican congressman from missouri. also with us former republican congressman david jolly from flori florida. congressman coleman, i want to go to you. donald trump said at his rally tonight after he got impeached, that he s the first president to be impeached who has not committed a crime, not charged with a crime. what is your reaction to that? well, first of all, thank you for having me on the show, and i ve looked at the declaration of independence, and actually the precursor to our constitution. the constitution says nothing about having to have a crime to be impeached. it s very clear. the president doesn t understand the constitution. i doubt if he s ever looked at
indicting them, and the president puts it in the context of affecting the elections, you have a president who clearly doesn t understand america, doesn t understand the constitution, doesn t understand the role of the justice department, the separation of powers, and that s dangerous. and when you link it to his rush to a summit with kim jong-un, his pronouncements about nuclear weapons afterwards, the lack of any certainty or precision to what the accountability is for the weaponry that exists, let alone the denuclearization, we re working in a very, very different and frankly dangerous world for our country. do you think that those cabinet members who were whispering about the 25th amendment, removing the president because he was unfit for office, unable to perform his duties, was that the right way to think about this? i think the right way to
accountable as anybody else and indicting them, and the president puts it in the context of affecting the elections, you have a president who clearly doesn t understand america, doesn t understand the constitution, doesn t understand the role of the justice department, the separation of powers, and that s dangerous. and when you link it to his rush to a summit with kim jong-un, his pronouncements about nuclear weapons afterwards, the lack of any certainty or precision to what the accountability is for the weaponry that exists, let alone the denuclearization, we re working in a very, very different and frankly dangerous world for our country. do you think that those cabinet members who were whispering about the 25th amendment, removing the president because he was unfit for office, unable to perform