The evidence, the proof, the facts have been out there now for more than two years.

Finally, it seems that the House of Representatives has woken up and is beginning to move forward

and meet its constitutional mandate.

Welcome to Deconstructed, I'm Eddie Hassan. Today with the impeachment inquiry ramping up

and another democratic presidential debate around the corner, I speak to former Texas congressman

turned presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke, who's been railing against Donald Trump,

white supremacy and gun violence in recent weeks. He says he's getting rid of his talking points

and wants to be himself at the next democratic debate on October the 50th.

In those first couple of debates, I was so loaded with opposition research and talking points

that I had thought through things I wanted to say on every single issue. In this last debate,

the third debate, when I didn't do that, and just said, you know what, I'm just going to answer

every question as honestly as I can, I think it was so much more successful for having done that.

So, can an energized and emboldened Beto O'Rourke find his voice again on stage in Ohio next week?

Can he rescue his presidential campaign and recapture the passion and energy that made him the

golden boy of the Democratic Party just a year ago? I hate to say I told you so, but I did tell you so.

Again and again, and again and again, on this very show. Going back to 2018,

impeached Trump, I said, as did many others, and we were told, no, that would be a mistake,

that it's what the president wanted. We would be walking into a trap, they said. Back in May,

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi even made this especially ridiculous claim.

Trump is coding us to impeach him. He knows that it would be very divisive in the country,

but he doesn't really care. Just wants to solidify his base.

He was goading out into impeaching him, apparently. And yet it turns out that surprise, surprise.

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