Scarborough: 49% Support Trump’s Impeachment and Removal; ‘Obvious’ He’s Not Acting in America’s Interest
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SCARBOROUGH: "49% of Americans, 49% support impeachment and removal from office. Almost — well, it's statistically within the margin of error, half of Americans support Donald Trump's removal from office. And I think part of it is you could read through the Mueller report and so many Republicans on the Hill didn't read through it or a lot of Americans didn't read through it, there's a lot there to digest. But if you read it it's obvious this president is not acting in America's best interest. But here you touch on something very important. He calls Ukraine, and of course this is a country recently invaded by Russia, he's holding up $391 million in defense money. Why? For his campaign's benefit. So he extorts the leader of a democratic ally. Americans can understand that. Misusing the office for his political gain. He makes a call to China, somebody that he has said is our enemy, but he calls China and he's talking and what does he do? He not only says it on TV, he says it in a phone call a couple months back reportedly and he says, 'Help my campaign out. I need you to investigate the guy who's ahead of me by nine points in the poll.' Americans can understand that. In a few minutes we're going to show this guy's connections with Turkey, his financial connections with Turkey. Americans understand that. Why is it that he's nice to countries where his son says gives him the most money, Russia? Why is it that he bends over backwards to help the Saudis out when what did he say in the campaign, 'They like my toys. they've given me $150 million?' Why is it that the Philippines, everybody else is turning on the Philippines because they have a savage leader there who doesn't respect any human rights or norms? Why? He has got hotel property there. And guess what, Willie, as you said, the same thing with Turkey. Why is it every time he gets on the phone call with Erdogan he gets off and he makes decisions that Americans understand are not in our best interest? Whether you're on Fox News, 'Fox and Friends,' Brian Kilmeade, or whether you're on the '700 Club' Pat Robertson, or are whether you're a guy that goes golfing with Donald Trump and you've completely forsaken everything you believed in with John McCain and constitutional norms, you're Lindsey Graham? All of these people understand none of this is in America's best interest. It all has to do with what we always say, the bottom line. It always comes back to the bottom line for Donald Trump and now I think that's why 48% of Americans want him removed from office, 58% of Americans support this impeachment inquiry."
