Rep. Waters Blasts Clinton Impeachment in 1998: ‘Coup D’etat’

“Mr Speaker and members ░░░░░░░░ must our American soldiers ░░░░░░░░ to have their commander ░░░░░░░░ chief under attack while ░░░░░░░░ are engaged in battle ░░░░░░░░ have the right to ░░░░░░░░ betrayed and undermined Today ░░░░░░░░ are here in the ░░░░░░░░ s House debating the ░░░░░░░░ impeachment of the president ░░░░░░░░ the United States of ░░░░░░░░ while the commander in ░░░░░░░░ is managing a crisis ░░░░░░░░ asking world leaders for ░░░░░░░░ This is indeed a ░░░░░░░░ coup d etat Mr ░░░░░░░░ and members Americans all ░░░░░░░░ Republicans will couch this ░░░░░░░░ radical anarchy in pious ░░░░░░░░ which distorts the Constitution ░░░░░░░░ the rule of law ░░░░░░░░ and Hillary Clinton are ░░░░░░░░ real targets and the ░░░░░░░░ are the vehicles being ░░░░░░░░ by the right wing ░░░░░░░░ Coalition extremists to direct ░░░░░░░░ control our culture The ░░░░░░░░ of law has been ░░░░░░░░ in denying the president ░░░░░░░░ of charges by the ░░░░░░░░ of power in the ░░░░░░░░ of so called evidence ░░░░░░░░ the denial of the ░░░░░░░░ of innocence President Clinton ░░░░░░░░ not guilty of the ░░░░░░░░ up charges presented in ░░░░░░░░ four articles of impeachment ░░░░░░░░ Bill Clinton is guilty ░░░░░░░░ certain indiscretions in his ░░░░░░░░ life However he did ░░░░░░░░ commit high crimes and ░░░░░░░░ Rather the president is ░░░░░░░░ of being a populous ░░░░░░░░ who opened up government ░░░░░░░░ access to the poor ░░░░░░░░ minorities to women and ░░░░░░░░ the working class President ░░░░░░░░ Clinton is guilty of ░░░░░░░░ being owned by the ░░░░░░░░ old Southern boys or ░░░░░░░░ good old Eastern establishment ░░░░░░░░ Clinton is guilty of ░░░░░░░░ smart enough to outmaneuver ░░░░░░░░ Republicans in the budget ░░░░░░░░ electoral politics and the ░░░░░░░░ and implementation of the ░░░░░░░░ s agenda Ladies and ░░░░░░░░ I am an African ░░░░░░░░ woman I m accustomed ░░░░░░░░ having to fight and ░░░░░░░░ for fairness and justice ░░░░░░░░ Starr I know and ░░░░░░░░ abuse of power when ░░░░░░░░ see it You are ░░░░░░░░ However I am greatly ░░░░░░░░ in the raw unmasked ░░░░░░░░ hatred and meanness that ░░░░░░░░ this impeachment coups d ░░░░░░░░ this unapologetic disregard for ░░░░░░░░ voice of the people ░░░░░░░░ Republican friends what you ░░░░░░░░ here today will long ░░░░░░░░ remembered and recorded in ░░░░░░░░ as one of the ░░░░░░░░ despicable actions ever taken ░░░░░░░░ the Congress of the ░░░░░░░░ States of America I ░░░░░░░░ the Republicans of this ░░░░░░░░ to allow themselves to ░░░░░░░░ just one inch and ░░░░░░░░ me and my colleagues ░░░░░░░░ opportunity to vote for ░░░░░░░░ alternative I dare you ░░░░░░░░ be fair I dare ░░░░░░░░ to allow us to ░░░░░░░░ for censure I yield ░░░░░░░░ the balance of my ░░░░░░░░