Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Impeaching Trump: ‘Pretty Open and Closed Case’

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OCASIO-CORTEZ: “This was a major development. Some folks are saying finally. I certainly feel that way. I don’t want to spend an enormous amount of time talking about impeachment, but if you have questions I’m happy to talk to you about it. Basically, long story short, the President of the United States used the power of the United States government to attempt to extort a foreign government into creating a false — drumming up manufactured investigation into a political opponent. This is a violation of the Constitution of the United States, it is an abuse of power, it is a betrayal of our country. And anyone who does something like that, I don’t care if you are a Democrat or a Republican, if you abuse power and betray our country in such a manner, you must be impeached in order for us to protect our rule of law in our country. 

(Applause)

Thank you. Pretty open and shut. Again, if you have questions, please reserve them for the end. But I feel like it is a pretty open and closed situation. As many of you know, I have advocated for impeachment for some time. This abuse of power has been going on for some time. And I think for our community there are a lot of folks saying this is not a joyous moment, this is not a moment to celebrate, but I do think it’s important to acknowledge that this is a cathartic moment for many people in our community that have been the subject to the abuse of this administration for quite some time.”