Dem Rep.: If We Don’t Impeach Trump, We Will Live in a ‘Dictatorship’

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CICILLINE: "Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the articles of impeachment against Donald J. Trump, the 45th president of the United States. Mr. Speaker, no one runs for Congress to impeach a president. But this president has left us no choice. President Trump abused the enormous powers of his office when he solicited foreign interference for the purpose of helping him in his re-election campaign in 2020. The President betrayed our national security and undermined the security of our elections when he put his own personal political interests ahead of the interests of our country. He tried to cheat to win re-election. And this wasn’t an attack on Vice President Biden. This was an attack on our democracy. And if we do not hold the president accountable today, we will no longer live in a democracy. We will live in a dictatorship where any future president will be free to abuse their office in order to get re-elected. So today, every member of this chamber faces a choice: Whether to do what the Constitution demands and the evidence requires, or to turn a blind eye to the President’s grave misconduct, a blind eye to the overwhelming evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors.”