Sought to protect us. But now along comes a president who actually says he is constitutionally empowered to do whatever he wants. That he can neither be prosecuted or even investigated for any crime. And that he can totally ignore any impeachment proceeding of which he disapproves. These are the claims of a wanna be tyrant who has extowed the virtues of tyrants from manila to moscow. To advance tyranny, he adopts an openborder policy. Inviting foreigners to come into our country and intrude in our elections. Foreign nations have their own agendas. Especially, adversaries like rush s russia and china. American citizens should be the only ones determining the fate of america. If the president continues demanding more foreign interference, we will never have trulyfree elections. And we will not be free. We act today, recognizing the solemn responsibility to safeguard our security and constitution. We pledge allegiance to the flag. And the republic for which it stands. Not to one man who w
constitutional responsibilities? because corrupting an american election, particularly in cahoots with a foreign power, means corrupting american democracy. our elections are at the heart of our democracy. the foundation of what makes our system of government great. our republic. if we can keep it, as benjamin franklin once said. if our elections are unfair, then our republic cannot stand. anyone who tries to fix an election is taking away the power of the american people to choose their leaders. if it happens at any level of government, it s toxic to our democracy. and this came from the highest level. in this case, it s even more serious because what was the president willing to give up for this advantage? what price was he willing to pay? the price was our national security. when the president devised the shadow foreign policy that undermined our diplomacy and diplomats. when he held back assistance for ukraine, who was embroiled in a
cares more about the investigation he asked him what he thought. of biden. he didn t say the president said this. why would he lie about that? he it s like everything else in this investigation. it s someone s opinion of what they think the president s doing. okay. no, no if he take a step back for a second, though, i think ultimately the question is, should the precedent be that any president of the united states of either party is holding back assistance of military assistance or any kind in exchange for personal political gain. that s the big question, which adam schiff kept bringing it back to. and the question here with sondland, whomever is involved as a firsthand person who viewed it is was this wrong and was this a bunch of rogue actors around the world who were acting? that s not believable. i think that s the problem you have. i think, first aftoff, we do know the two were tied together. you have people who speculate the two were tied together. w
tomorrow the house investigating committees will hear from one of the most important witnesses. that would be the current chief of mission in ukraine. the man who runs the embassy. his name is bill taylor. he s a career foreign service guy. he served in the george w. bush and barack obama state departments. he put into writing in a back and forth with a trump appointed ambassador and donor. quote, as i said on the phone, i think it s crazy to hold back assistance. he ll testify tomorrow. nbc news reports that house democrats are zeroing in on a simple abuse of power narrative. quote, speaker nancy pelosi has been adamant that the case against trump must be targeted and easy to communicate in order to build support. someone who understands how to build complex cases. neil katchell. let s start on this idea of
white house about stonewalling, it continues a pace. tomorrow the house investigating committees will hear from one of the most important witnesses. that would be the current chief of mission in ukraine. the man who runs the embassy. his name is bill taylor. he s a career foreign service guy. he served in the george w. bush and barack obama state departments. he put into writing in a back and forth with a trump appointed ambassador and donor. quote, as i said on the phone, i think it s crazy to hold back assistance. he ll testify tomorrow. nbc news reports that house democrats are zeroing in on a simple abuse of power narrative. quote, speaker nancy pelosi has been adamant that the case against trump must be targeted and easy to communicate in order to build support. someone who understands how to build complex cases. neil katchell.