GOP Rep. Ross Spano on impeachment vote: 'The American people see through this sad charade for what it is: an attempt to undo the 2016 election based on hearsay and opinion.'
. They will not soon forgive your perversion of justice and abuse of power," Trump wrote in an angry letter sent to Pelosi on Tuesday.12:26 p.m. Collins calls this "a poll-tested impeachment'He continues to attack Democrats for pursuing impeachment for political reasons, saying they want to impeach President Trump because they're concerned he will win re-election in 2020.
House Judiciary Committee ranking member Rep. Doug Collins speaks as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 18, 2019."We're going to talk a lot about impeachment and the president and two articles of impeachment today," he continues.
She recites the section from the Pledge of Allegiance "to the Republic for which it stands," saying,"a Republic, if you can keep it" citing a quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi address the U.S. House floor in Washington, Dec. 18, 2019."As Speaker of the House, I solemnly and sadly open the debate on the impeachment of the president of the United States," she says.
House Clerk Joe Novotny reads the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Dec. 18, 2019.11:20 a.m. GOP Rep. Tom Cole says Democrats 'voting their convictions,' and so is he, not voting for party Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern, chairman of the Rules Committee, thanks Cole but said its a"cold hard fact" that President Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine in exchange for the promise of investigations that would impact the 2020 presidential election. He called on Republicans to"search their souls" before casting their votes.
President Trump has not stopped tweeting about impeachment this morning, as he uses his Twitter feed to amplify the voices of conservative allies who have backed him throughout the process. All signs are that Trump is focused squarely on today’s historic impeachment votes. White House officials repeatedly decline to comment about whether there was any other topic with which the president was engaged today; one official says Trump was focused on governing the country in general.Protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol as the historic House impeachment debate continues.
GOP Rep. Debbie Lesko of Arizona, who's on the Judiciary Committee and has become one of the president's most vocal supporters, says,"God takes us on journeys in our life, and about 30 years ago I was married to an abusive ex-husband. And when I finally left him, there were times in my life I had no money, no place to live," she says.
House Rules Committee chairman Rep. Jim McGovern speaks as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 18, 2019.9:44 a.m. Democrats move to table McCarthy's amendment, another 15-minute vote House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks as the House of Representatives begins debate on the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 18, 2019."Give them wisdom and discernment," House Chaplain Father Pat Conroy says in his morning prayer as the House convenes. After the opening prayer, members recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
Rep. Diana DeGette - a veteran who has presided over contentious debate before - is in the chair presiding. As few as two Democrats are expected to vote with Republicans against impeachment, including one who is expected to switch parties and another who plans to split his votes on the two articles. But what it means is a moving target. It is a blurry moment, except through the partisan lenses that define this era."ABC's Quinn Scanlan and Benjamin Siegel report that 27 House Democrats representing districts that voted to elect President Trump in 2016 will vote in favor of impeaching the president.
House Resolution 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald Trump, sit on a desk at the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12, 2019.President Trump is tweeting this morning ahead of the historic House proceedings. After more than 72 hours of public hearings and testimony from more than a dozen witnesses and several constitutional scholars, Democrats determined Trump"placed his personal, political interests above our national security, our free and fair elections, and our system of checks and balances," they wrote in a Judiciary Committee report issued earlier this week."He has engaged in a pattern of misconduct that will continue if left unchecked.
Jean Hotopp of Rockford, left, and dozens of other protesters hold signs and chant slogans advocating impeachment of President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, at the intersection of State Street and Wyman Street in Rockford.That group included many of the so-called"majority makers" who helped Democrats flip Republican-held seats and capture the House majority in 2018.
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