Republicans 202 7488001. Tweet us cspanwj. Our Facebook Page is facebook. Com cspan. Here is a recent story out of hartwick township, michigan. Constituents said they were growing to like u. S. Representative elizabeth flocking until she supported the impeachment inquiry. Marshall to 61 of the vote and the surrounding county. Said congress has responsibly for determining whether the president should be removed from office for asking before leader investigate joe biden. [video clip] a week ago monday, myself and six other members of the freshman class of congress, all former military or former cia, wrote an oped in support of the inquiry. [booing] [applause] i knew that it was going to be an issue here at home. I made that decision because sometimes there are moments in life that are beyond politics, and i felt this moment was that. [applause] a foreign leader and asked him to dig up dirt on an american. [yelling] host the New York Times this morning looks at the House Republican side when it comes to the issue of impeachment. The headline, as evidence mounts against the president , some republicans keep their distance. The newspapers declared he was breaking ranks, conservative constituents branded him as a traitor. Toshort order he was forced explain himself to the trump campaigns political director and the acting white house chief of staff. What the heck are you doing . It is not only taking place on the house side. Joni ernst on the senate side held a recent town hall, which you can see on our website. Here is a little bit of the backandforth on impeachment. [video clip] i cannot speak for him. I know you cannot speak for him. You can speak for yourself. I do. I have sent this time and time again. North korea is not our friend. Russia not our friend. I have made that clear. The president knows where we stand on those issues. What about the whistleblower . I have already said that. Whistleblower should be protected. I stand with Chuck Grassley on this. We have lost in place. We are not hearing it. That is because our media is not covering those issues. You have to say it so it will be covered. Whistleblowers should be protected. Please let folks out there. Our president should not be andacking them encouraging other countries to investigate his political rivals. Corruption wherever it is should be ferreted out. If there is corruption in other countries, and i have traveled in ukraine. I have visited i have not visited with the new president. Many years ago, i had the opportunity to meet the former president. In ukraine, there is still a large amount of corruption. They have tried to deal with that corruption. They need to continue dealing with corruption. I dont care where it is. I dont care who it is. Corruption should be combated. Two exchanges on the topic of impeachment. If you have a chance to talk to your legislator, what would you tell him or her about impeachment . 202 7488001 for republicans. 202 7488000 for democrats. Youru want to text us thoughts this morning. You can do so at 202 7488003. If you are on the line, please hold. You can start calling in with your thoughts. As we do that, we will talk to anita kumar with politico. Thank you for joining us. Anita kumar, are you there . Guest i am. Host thank you for joining us. What is the strategy from the white house concerning impeachment . Guest that is a great question. We have not seen a lot of strategy. The president is kind of doing his own thing, and staff is trying to figure out what to do. There have been several meetings where they have talked about this to come up with a plan. Mostly what we are seeing at this point is the president is coming out multiple times a day, giving his account of what happened, why it is ok, somewhat changing his reasons for doing it here and there. This week, he will travel to minneapolis to give his First Campaign rally since the impeachment great started. This is inquiry started. This is a democratic city. It will be interesting. Host we saw the present call put anaker policing to official houseboat on record. Who is behind that move . Who is advising him on this . Has saide president that and members of the Republican Party have said that. I think the republicans feel they want to go ahead and have the houseboat to put those house vote to put those vulnerable democrats in the country on record. Republicans are saying they dont have to turn over documents. They dont have to have people testify. They dont have to do anything differently until the house votes. Democrats and many experts i have talked to on impeachment disagree with that and say an official vote does not have to happen. The House Democrats still have the authority to get information and get people to testify. This is one of those lines where both sides are probably going to end up in court. Host we saw the president go after senator mitt romney because of his criticisms. What would you say is the relationship between the president and the republicans on the senate side and the house . Guest you have still mostly seen, mitt romney and a couple of others beside, you have mostly seen republicans on capitol hill fall in line with the president. They are sticking by him or not criticizing him. I think he still feels he has that strong support. If you look at recent polls, he has about 80 of republican support across the country. His campaign has gotten a lot of money since the impeachment inquiry started. They are still feeling pretty good with that republican support. Oft beside the topic impeachment, what about the agenda from the white house . Has that come to a standstill . Are there other efforts on matters . Guest those issues, a lot of these would have been problematic anyway. We have not heard so much about the Gun Legislation we were talking about a month ago. That seems to not have completely gone away, but a lot of people are skeptical that could get done. Immigration, the same thing. The whiteing i hear house and immigrants and republicans talk about is usmca. Both sides still want to work on that. Congress needs to take that up. You are seeing Vice President mike pence pushing that. Another thing that has not gotten a lot of attention is that the u. S. And china are starting trade negotiations again. These trade negotiations stalled earlier this year. Both countries are slapping tariffs on goods. That is the reason a lot of products are going up in cost. There is another deadline, october 15, where there will be increased tariffs again. That they are sitting down and talking is a big deal. The president still says he is not going to accept a small deal. Who this is anita kumar, reports on the white house. Her writing can be found on politico. Com. Guest thank you for having me. Host what would you tell your congressperson about impeachment . 202 7488001 for republicans. Democrats 202 7488000. Independents 202 7488002. Florida, you are up first. What would you tell your congressperson . Caller i just want to ask my congressman to investigate trump , ukraine, australia, and other countries if they are for biden. Now he is asking china. The list goes on and on. He needs to be impeached. Nixon did just 10 or way less than trump, and he was going to be impeached. Nixon was a lawyer, and he knew laws. Trump thinks he is above the law. Host what would specifically you want your legislator to do on impeachment . What should be investigated . Countriesmean asking he asked russia, remember, 2016, about hillary in on nationalemails television. Of godsake, he is afraid biden. He will investigate anybody. Host that is joe in florida. Texas, this is rodney. Caller i called my congressman, and they said we are going to make an announcement today. I thought i would wait. He is retiring. The that tells me is republicans that are retiring, they dont want to stand up to that man. What i was going to tell mr. Thornberry and all the other republicans, ted cruz and john cornyn, they need to grow some balls and stand up to this guy. He is nothing but a mafia guy. I think his dad was in the mafia. Host when it comes down to impeachment, what do you want your legislator to look at . Caller look at what he has just done. Look at what he did with his first election with russia and the ties to russia. There is a whole list of things and noney can get in of these republicans are standing up to him. Host for the congresspeople that you called, what was the response you got aside from mr. Thornberry and his retirement announcement . St caller i called the senators, and all you do is get voicemail. Host lets go to north carolina, republican line. Hi. Caller hi. Host you are on. Go ahead. If ir i would like to say could get in contact with my congressman or senator, i would tell them i am a lifetime republican, and the only reason i am still a republican is to vote every single one of them out if they dont vote for impeachment of this sorry president. Host why is it that you are encouraging your legislators to do so . Caller because half the country does not understand the constitution. Excuse me. I went to a school that taught the constitution, and it is such a crime against the very foundation of what we are supposed to be doing. Host what has the president done that has piloted the constitution that is worthy of impeachment . Caller he has gone to a Foreign Government for support, not to andn all of the everything else. Host lets go to angie in pennsylvania, republican line. Hello. Caller hi. I would just like to say any former cia agent is not entitled to any protection under law, the whistleblower, because they did work for the government as a secret agent. They are really lining up for protections that are not entitled to them but the general public that comes in contact with information that may be detrimental to the government. As far as the socalled impeachment process, the house has to vote because otherwise it becomes a Smear Campaign for the Democratic Party. The congressional members must vote and submit it to the senate for approval or rejection. That is the process. Host is that what you are telling your legislator . Have you told your legislator about this . Is knowny legislator as a sanctuary state mentality, which is really against republican ideology. Service everyone who wants to be serviced. To be serviced as an american citizen, you must desire to be an american citizen or become a naturalized citizen. Host that is angie in pennsylvania giving her thoughts. If you go to the Congressional Research service, they have a publication about the impeachment process. Here is what it says. Impeachment for sittings are initiated in the house. A resolution calling for the impeachment of an officer would be referred to the judiciary committee. An investigation would be referred to the rules committee. In either case, the committee could authorize the investigation. Committees have sometimes sought information against officers prior to the adoption of the resolution to authorize an impeachment investigation. If you go to the Congressional Research service, you can learn more about the process. This is amy off of our Facebook Page saying when it comes to what she would say to a legislator, if you impeach our president , there will be hell to pay. If they want a civil war, that is what they get. Another person saying, i would ask my congressman to hold our president responsible. Representative condemn why he does not President Trump for asking a foreign leader to investigate a political rival . If the president were a democrat, would he feel the same way . If you are texting us this morning to make sure you put your name and where you are from , city and state, in those texts. 202 7488003. John is in florida, independent line. Well would you say to your legislator . Caller i would first have to take the duct tape off of my head listening to some of these idiotic callers. In my never heard so much life. I have to thank you for asking that woman exactly what did the president violate in the constitution. When she answered, she could not give you an answer. There is one branch of government that is allowed to deal with foreign nations, and that is the executive branch. Why peopleerstand cannot grasp this concept. The president is allowed to speak to foreign nations. He is allowed to ask for help if you feels a crime has been committed. Joe biden is on tape admitting to the crime he committed. What did President Trump say . Can you do me a favor . There is a huge difference between someone saying i want you to fire a prosecutor that is investigating my sons company. Host i apologize. You would tell your legislator dont proceed with impeachment. Caller i was a democrat for 35 years. I cannot believe what has happened to that party. Sothey want to lower the bar low that we are going to go through this every time a president gets elected, impeachment talks from the republican side the next time a democrat gets elected. This has become a joke. When nancy pelosi says there has been no precedent for her to take a vote, we have gone through three impeachments, and they have all taken a vote before the impeachment process began. When they cannot even say congressman schiff was wrong when he made up a story he read at his hearing, made up a ammary, he was not reading transcript. Host before we go to the other people, i want to show you the thoughts and remarks from senator marco rubio recently in florida on this topic of impeachment. [video clip] do you think it is ok for President Trump to ask china to launch an investigation into joe biden . I dont know that was a real request. Theink he was just needling press. He is good about getting people fired up. He has been doing that pretty well. The media responded right on task. You are one of the loudest critics of china and its human rights abuses. Do you think it is ok to ask . I dont think it is a real request. I think he did it to provoke you. He plays it like a violin, and everyone falls into it. That is not a real request. Host david in new york, independent line. Caller hi. I find it strange that during , theactfinding of this inquiry itself, when we have the facts and the man has confessed if there is any doubt of his guilt, that when it does reach the senate for a vote, any senator that refuses to vote in the affirmative for impeachment would be in violation of their oath of office. Host you will tell your legislator what . Caller impeach. He is an unindicted coconspirator. He has from the indictments pending. Host i will ask you the same. As far as the level of high mes and missed demeanors misdemeanors, where does that fall into the specifics of where the president should be impeached . Caller my technical definition, he has not reached treason yet because we are not at declared war. The fact that we keep referring ar, andr warfare as a w he is encouraging our enemies to keep on pelting us, i think we are getting very close. We have bribery, and we have high crimes and misdemeanors covered. I think he is going for the whole gamut. He wants to be number one. Lets be number one on the First Official impeachment. Host where do you find bribery . He has offered our money coming using our cash in the missiles that he was withholding. Hat is obvious he is withholding something of value for something of value. Host jarrett in new york, republican line. Caller if you ask anyone who knows me, i am not the most road town guy. I supported the russia inquiry. Nothing came out of it. I am sick and tired of hearing after inquiry after inquiry. I am 19 years old. We have a lot more things to worry about from the Social Security that is going to be bankrupt and medicare that is going to be bankrupt. We are talking about something that doesnt seem to have happened. Host when you hear republican senators like mitt romney and ben sasse expressing concerns does that issues, change your mind or sway you . We have investigated everything. I dont think he could coordinate between one foot and the next. Cuts. Uld focus on the tax that is an amazing achievement. We should focus on that. The economy is doing great. We are focusing on impeachment, and that is a shame. Host have you had a chance to tell your legislator about these concerns . Listen to me. Ever this is a democratic district. My concerns dont matter. Host we are asking you on what you would tell you are congressperson on impeachment. 202 7488001 for republicans. 202 7488000 for democrats. Independents. For if you want to text us, you can do so at 202 7488003. Kay in connecticut, democrats line. Hi. Caller hi. Host go ahead. You are on. What would you tell your congressperson about impeachment . Say, he isould just out of control. Whatever comes to without any kind of filter. Host how does that relate to impeachment . Caller i just really believe that i have worked all of my family toave my whole provide for our future, and i believe this man is going to strip it away, and i believe that he just is out of control. Tim inets hear from wisconsin, republican line. You are next. Caller yes, thank you, pedro. I have called in before and said this before. I am not a big fan of trumps. I voted third party in 2016. These inquiries have gone nowhere. When they dont find anything, they pull out a couple of words here and there and say this is tantamount to impeachment. We heard that last lady. She could not give you a reason why to impeach him according to the constitution. That man from florida, he had it on the head. The first five or six people calling and have no idea what they are saying. When you asked that one woman with the impeachment i cannot remember who it was. He could not give you a reason. Host let me ask you. Is there anything within the president s conversations with the ukrainian leader that has concerned you to any extent . Caller i guess at worst it was bidenudgment to mention and investigation, but from what i understand, the president has a right to inquire about crimes that were committed in other countries with connection to our country, and i know not just him but other president s have tied aid to other countries like south and Central America where if they do not get their act together and sending all of this Human Trafficking situation, they are going to cut your aid off. It was really poor judgment to do that, but the only person that is actually on tape offering a quid pro quo of i think 1. 6 billion was joe biden , and his son was getting 50,000 a month from burisma, the corrupt energy company. Some of these people are just incredible how they can roll out of bed in the morning a