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Congressman Jeff Van Drew: My Democrat Colleagues Are Privately Concerned About Impeachment Proceedings

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Democrat congressman Jeff Van Drew claimed this weekend that his colleagues are privately concerned over impeachment proceedings and simply want to “move on.”

Van Drew, one of only two Democrats to vote against the impeachment inquiry, said that members of his own party are voicing concerns over the circus behind closed doors.

Van Drew made the comments during an interview with Fox News host, Maria Bartiromo.

“There is some discussion among some of them [colleagues], quietly, privately, of concern certainly,” he admitted. “I mean, what I’m hearing out in the street is they’re kind of tired.”

“They’re kind of worn out. They’re kind of bored, most folks,” Van Drew added. “And they really want to move on unless there’s something new and amazing. We know the end game here.”

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Fracturing the Nation

Congressman Jeff Van Drew didn’t hold back much of anything when it came to criticizing the impeachment proceedings being spearheaded by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff.

His view is that the American people should have the say in President Trump’s fate and that Democrat leadership is actually splitting the country apart even further.

“We’re going to have an election next year, let’s have the election, let’s fight through the election, let’s do what Republicans and Democrats and whomever else does, but this is going to get us nowhere,” he concluded.

“We’ve spent millions of dollars, in my opinion, tons of money, tons of time, tons of hurt, fracturing the nation apart. I haven’t seen this to be a good thing.”

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Accuses Them of Disenfranchising Voters

Van Drew also noted something that Democrats used to believe about impeachment once upon a time – without tangible high crimes and misdemeanors, their effort to undo the election is a slap in the face of voters.

“You don’t disenfranchise voters, millions upon millions of voters. Voters choose their leaders in America,” the New Jersey Democrat chided.

It’s funny, top House Democrats would have agreed wholeheartedly with that notion if it were a fellow party member being impeached.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, a driving force behind the impeachment of Donald Trump, once echoed the very same sentiments when Bill Clinton was the target.

“They knew quite properly that an impeachment of a president is an undoing of a national election,” Nadler argued.

“And one of the reasons we all feel so angry about what they are doing is that they are ripping from us, they are ripping our votes,” he added. “They are telling us that our votes don’t count and that the election must be set aside.”

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Katie Hill Says Her Sex Scandal Is Like Trump’s Impeachment

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Mary Margaret Olohan on November 13, 2019

Former Democratic California Rep. Katie Hill compared her sex scandal Wednesday to the impeachment hearings concerning President Donald Trump.

Hill tweeted comparing the proceedings to her own situation during Wednesday’s impeachment hearings on Capitol Hill. The former congresswoman resigned from her position as a United States representative Oct. 27 following the announcement of a House Ethics investigation into allegations that she was engaged in inappropriate sexual relationships with staffers.

“Rep. John Ratcliffe is trying to say that because Zelensky publicly said he wasn’t being coerced by Trump means he wasn’t,” Hill tweeted. “Well, I denied any kind of abuse not just publicly but to my closest friends and family for years. This is no different.”

Hill has said she was unfairly treated after the Daily Mail published nude photos, photos which were allegedly of her, on its website. The congresswoman issued a cease-and-desist letter to publication Oct. 24.

“We will not stand down. We will not be broken. We will not be silenced,” Hill tweeted following her resignation. “We will rise, and we will make tomorrow better than today. Thank you, and I yield the balance of my time for now, but not forever.” 

“It is with a broken heart that today I announce my resignation from Congress,” Hill wrote an Oct. 27 statement released when she resigned. “This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community, and our country.”

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Public Impeachment Hearing Begins With Arguments Over Outing The Whistleblower

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Shelby Talcott on November 13, 2019

The first public impeachment hearing into President Donald Trump began Wednesday with arguments over whether or not to out a whistleblower.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff began the hearing with his opening statements, saying that the president’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine was an impeachable offense and questioning whether Trump was trying to “exploit” the country’s “vulnerability” for his own personal gain. The inquiry, which is based on an August whistleblower complaint, has received pushback from Republicans who have voiced support for being able to question the person behind the complaint.

Arguments broke out after opening statements about who the whistleblower is and whether House members will be able to question the person. Republican New York Rep. Elise Stefanik announced a point of order before hearing from two witnesses. She noted that “only one member and their staff on this committee has direct knowledge of the identity of the whistleblower” and wondered if Schiff would be preventing witnesses from answering members’ questions as he had “in the closed-door depositions.”

Schiff pushed back on Stafanik’s questions, asking her to suspend her commentary and saying that the committee “will not permit the outing of the whistleblower.” The California Democrat said he would “intervene” if questions about the identity of the person came about.

“You asked a parliamentary inquiry I am responding,” Schiff said. “For point of order, I am responding. We will not permit the outing of the whistleblower and questions along those lines, counsel, will inform their clients not to respond to. If necessary, I will intervene, otherwise, I want members to feel free to ask any questions they like.”

As Schiff replied, Republican Rep. Mike Conaway of Texas began to make an argument about naming the whistleblower. The two congressmen went back and forth, interrupting each other as each tried to make their point.

“Mr. Chairman, I’m responding to the gentlewoman’s point of order,” Schiff said as Conaway was trying to make a motion.

“I seek to make a motion that we actually subpoena the whistleblower for a closed-door secret deposition, so the questions that should be appropriately asked the whistleblower by our side and your side may be asked,” Conaway requested. “I would prefer that rather than it be your single decision, that the committee speak to that issue rather than just the chairman.”

Conaway said Schiff was the only member who knows the identity of the whistleblower out of “the 435 members of Congress.” He added that Schiff’s staff “is the only staff” in Congress that has been able to speak directly to the person responsible for launching the impeachment inquiry and wondered out loud when the rest of Congress could have the same opportunity.

“First, as the gentleman knows, that’s a false statement,” Schiff replied, pushing back on Conaway’s statement. “I do not know the identity of the whistleblower. I’m determined to make sure that identity is protected. As I said to Mr. Conaway, you will have an opportunity after the witnesses testify to make a motion to subpoena any witness and compel a vote.”

Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William B. Taylor Jr. and senior State Department official George P. Kent are set to testify during Wednesday’s impeachment hearing.

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