Quotes tagged ‘Impeachment’

“Donald Trump acquitted in second impeachment trial.”

— CNN, cnn.com

“Forty-eight senators, including one Republican, voted to convict Trump on a count of abuse of power, while 52, all Republicans, voted to acquit him.”

— Chris, cnbc.com

“I found Romney filled with what seemed like righteous indignation about the president’s misconduct—quoting hymns and scripture, expressing dismay at his party, and bracing for the political backlash.”

— McKay Coppins, theatlantic.com

“Romney thinks it’s in his best political interests for everybody to think he hates Trump. That’s how he thinks he’s going to politically benefit, whatever his next ambitions are.”

— Rush Limbaugh, sltrib.com

“America will remember this day, unfortunately, where the Senate did not live up to the responsibilities, where the Senate turned away from truth and went along with a sham trial.”

— Chuck Schumer, wsj.com

“Whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat, it’s reasonable to fear a United States of Impeachment.”

— Cass Sunstein, finance.yahoo.com

“There is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already been proven and that does not meet the U.S. Constitution’s high bar for an impeachable offense.”

— Lamar Alexander, apnews.com

“The devil, played by Kate McKinnon, says she's 'a huge fan' of Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz.”

— Dennis Romero, NBC News, nbcnews.com

“There’s going to be an investigation. There’s going to be testimony. There’s going to be records. But, for all the things that might emerge then, he confessed on television to the abuse of power. So there’s this central fact that Congress has to weigh in on: whether this is or is not a high crime. F…”

— Pete Buttigieg, newyorker.com

“Well, the day that Nixon resigned, I’m told, he had about twenty-five per cent of the country with him. So I think we can assume that there’s at least twenty-five per cent that you’re just not going to reach. That still leaves an awful lot of people.”

— Pete Buttigieg, newyorker.com

“Who among the candidates for President can lead us in a world where we’re going to have to solve these big policy problems that didn’t take a break during impeachment, and somehow unify the American people? And, of course, I’m running to be that President, because we need somebody capable of turning…”

— Pete Buttigieg, newyorker.com

“You don't necessarily need to be a peach, either.”

— Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com

“Taylor's testimony is among the most significant for Democratic impeachment investigators because of text messages he exchanged with Sondland and former US special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker about the freezing of US security aid to Ukraine.”

— Gloria Borger, Kylie Atwood, Lauren Fox, Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju , CNN, cnn.com

“No one should say we won't get there. Because, the real truth is, no one can know that.”

— Chris Cillizza, CNN Politics, cnn.com

“This is not just about Donald Trump. This is about all of us. What should we be as a nation? Who should we be as a people? In the face of this constitutional crisis, we must rise.”

— Rashida Tlaib, thenation.com

“The Constitution gives the House of Representatives the sole power to impeach an official, and it makes the Senate the sole court for impeachment trials. The power of impeachment is limited to removal from office but also provides for a removed officer to be disqualified from holding future office.…”

— House of Representatives, history.house.gov

“'We will have no choice,' Pelosi said of ultimately getting behind an impeachment inquiry.”

— Veronica Stracqualursi, Manu Raju , Dana Bash, CNN, cnn.com

“The American people have been left out of this conversation.”

— Tom Steyer, abcnews.go.com

“I don't believe it's comparable. I think that you want to compare it to Bill Clinton. But I think that what's much more comparable is President Nixon that in fact we had a corrupt president surrounded by corrupt people that in fact his personal corruption slopped over into everything that he did. An…”

— Tom Steyer, abcnews.go.com

“Actually what he did was he made an illegal campaign contribution to cover up a previous sexual alliance. But what the actual law he broke was not by having sex, but what he did was he committed a felony while in the White House.”

— Tom Steyer, abcnews.go.com