Is it Time for Impeachment After All?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Demands for the impeachment of President Trump are on the rise since Democrats re-took the House. But, what if the Senate refused to convict him? Leading Democrats fear that a move to impeach Trump would only make him stronger. But--win or lose--the Constitutional process could put a check on his despotic inclinations.
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| 0:00.0 | If you will place your left hand on the Bible and raise your right hand, and please repeat after me, |
| 0:06.5 | I, Richard Nixon, do solemnly swear. |
| 0:09.8 | I, Richard Nixon. |
| 0:11.1 | William Jefferson Clinton. |
| 0:12.4 | Donald John Trump do solemnly swear. |
| 0:15.4 | That I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States. |
| 0:20.0 | And will, to the best of my ability, preserve and protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. |
| 0:26.0 | The Constitution of the United States. |
| 0:27.9 | So help me God. |
| 0:29.3 | So help me God. |
| 0:30.6 | So help me God. |
| 0:31.5 | Congratulations. |
| 0:37.3 | I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to call for the impeachment of the President of the United States of America. |
| 0:48.3 | Hello again, I'm Roman Alney. That's Democratic Congressman Al Green of Texas last year, calling for the impeachment of Donald Trump |
| 0:55.7 | a constitutional process that's only been tried three times, and it has never succeeded. |
| 1:01.0 | Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton survived both formal accusations by Congress and trials in the Senate. |
| 1:07.3 | Richard Nixon resigned before the process could barely get underway. |
| 1:11.9 | Now the Democrats have taken control of the House, for impeaching President Trump are increasing. But House Speaker |
| 1:16.6 | Nancy Pelosi and other veteran Democrats have dismissed or ignored them. Fears include |
| 1:21.6 | political backlash if there's another failure and even possible violence by President Trump's |
| 1:26.4 | supporters. Now an essay in the March |
| 1:29.2 | issue of the Atlantic aims to refute those concerns by looking at history. Yoni Applebaum argues |
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