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The gentleman from florida. the gentleman is recognized. in opposition of this political effort to remove president trump from office, i m not surprised this day has come but i am disappointed. disappointed because impeachment is one of the most consequential decisions we can make in this body and this impeachment is based purely on partisan motives. speaker pelosi said we shouldn t go down this path unless there was something compelling, overwhelming, and bipartisan because of how divisive it would be. unfortunately it s clear the majority has had laser focus on one thing for three years, impeaching the president. the majority has failed to deliver for the american people, they failed to pass a budget on time, failed to pass spending bills on time and failed to deliver bipartisan solutions that will actually help improve the lives of americans. but the american people see through this sad charade for what it is, and attempts to undo the 2016 election based on hearsay and opinions,
Welcome back. panelists here, nbc news, presidential historian and author of presidents of war. and from the enterprise institute and kasie hunt host of kasie dc. and much relieved from the miami hurricanes. one good thing object our friends left and right, they do agree on one thing, a broken senate. here are republicans talk about this process. a sad charade. embarrassment to the senate. horrible process, lisa murkowski. almost rock bottom. hit bottom and started to big. process has been bad. failure of this body. a sham process. chuck schumer, one of the most sordid processes. there s some unity in the united states senate. a unity in that it s all a mess. i ve been covering congress 10