Joni Ernst: ‘Yes, I Will Vote to Acquit’ President Trump

‘What President Trump did, it doesn’t rise to the level of what President Obama did’

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ERNST: "Yes, I will vote to acquit, and again, whether you like what the president has done or not, and we can argue this up one side and down the other all day, but does it come to the point of removing a president from office? I don’t believe it does. I will tie it back to Obama and the hot mic moment with the former president of Russia, and where he said, that he literally said, give me some space in my election, oops, okay, talking about elections."

TAPPER: "And he was talking about the missile defense."

ERNST: "Yes, but a missile defense that the Congress wanted him to build up, and make much more robust to protect American citizens and President Obama chose not to do that as long as the Russians gave him space in the elections, and that nobody brought up for impeachment. So the very fact that because aid was held for about two months, because there wasn’t an official White House meeting, people are wanting to impeach this president. What President Trump did, it doesn’t rise to the level of what President Obama did."

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