Pelosi: If We Don’t Proceed with Impeachment, We’re Letting Trump Act Like a King

RUSH EXCERPT:

PELOSI: “I believe that we should introduce articles of impeachment. This is a very sad day, I think, for our country. It’s something that I would have hoped we could have avoided. But the president’s actions made it necessary. You cannot violate the Constitution in full view. The facts are clear. They were presented by the people who had access to the situation. The facts are clear. the Constitution is clear. The president violated the Constitution. And so I think it is important for us to proceed. If we were not to proceed, it would say to any president, any future president, whoever she or he may be, democratic or Republican, that our democracy is gone, the president is king, he can do whatever he wants in violation of the law, ignoring the acts of Congress, undermining our system of checks and balances. That is the genius of the Constitution. So for me, you know, there are many other incidents that people interpreted as being impeachable.”