Oh man, this is good.... Priceless.
https://issuesinsights.com/2019/10/04/impeachment-comments-democrats-would-rather-you-forget/
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
“We are here today because the Republicans in the House are paralyzed with hatred of President Clinton. And until the Republicans free themselves of this hatred, our country will suffer.”
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York:
“Benjamin Franklin called impeachment, ‘a substitute for assassination’ …
“The effect of impeachment is to overturn the popular will of the voters as expressed in a national election. We must not overturn an election and remove a president from office except to defend our very system of government or our constitutional liberties against a dire threat. And we must not do so without an overwhelming consensus of the American people and of their representatives in Congress of the absolute necessity …
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York (then a member of the House):
“Whether you cite The Federalist Papers or legal scholars like Justice [Joseph] Story, the president’s actions, while wrong and inappropriate and possibly illegal, are clearly not impeachable…
House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters of California:
“Democracy is threatened when a fair legal process is sacrificed to appease the passions of a few … The power to impeach a president should not be casually used to remove a president, overturn an election, simply because we don’t like him or his policies.”
https://issuesinsights.com/2019/10/04/impeachment-comments-democrats-would-rather-you-forget/
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
“We are here today because the Republicans in the House are paralyzed with hatred of President Clinton. And until the Republicans free themselves of this hatred, our country will suffer.”
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York:
“Benjamin Franklin called impeachment, ‘a substitute for assassination’ …
“The effect of impeachment is to overturn the popular will of the voters as expressed in a national election. We must not overturn an election and remove a president from office except to defend our very system of government or our constitutional liberties against a dire threat. And we must not do so without an overwhelming consensus of the American people and of their representatives in Congress of the absolute necessity …
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York (then a member of the House):
“Whether you cite The Federalist Papers or legal scholars like Justice [Joseph] Story, the president’s actions, while wrong and inappropriate and possibly illegal, are clearly not impeachable…
House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters of California:
“Democracy is threatened when a fair legal process is sacrificed to appease the passions of a few … The power to impeach a president should not be casually used to remove a president, overturn an election, simply because we don’t like him or his policies.”
