Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Impeachment

Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

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🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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As it looks more and more likely that the Republicans in the Senate will not hold former President Donald Trump accountable for his actions in inciting an insurrection against the United States, we thought it important to remind our listeners why it matters. And we could think of no more articulate voice than the duly elected Speaker of the People's House. Let's remember what happened. The President of the United States encouraged his supporters to launch an attack on the Capitol in an effort to stop Congress from certifying the free and fair election of Joe Biden. Six people were killed and dozens more permanently injured. We have seen such things happen in other countries. But for those who think that America is exceptional, it was a rude awakening. "It can't happen here," they said It did. On January 13th, as the House of Representatives began considering the Article of Impeachment now before the United States Senate, Speaker Nancy Pelosi reminded those gathered in the very chamber that had been violently attacked by an angry mob just one week earlier, that words matter, truth matters and accountability matters. We could not agree more. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Words Matter with Katie Barlow.
0:12.0	Welcome to Words Matter, I'm Katie Barlow.
0:15.0	Our goal is to promote objective reality.
0:18.0	As a wise man once said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts.
0:24.0	Words have power and words have consequences.
0:33.0	As it looks more and more likely that Republicans in the Senate will not hold former President Donald Trump accountable for his actions in inciting an insurrection against the United States.
0:45.0	We thought it important to remind our listeners why it matters.
0:50.0	And we could think of no more articulate voice than the duly elected speaker of the People's House.
0:57.0	Let's remember what happened.
0:59.0	The President of the United States encouraged his supporters to launch an attack on the Capitol in an effort to stop Congress from certifying the free and fair election of Joe Biden.
1:11.0	Six people were killed and dozens more permanently injured.
1:16.0	We have seen such things happen in other countries.
1:20.0	But for those who think that America is exceptional, it was a rude awakening.
1:25.0	It can't happen here, they said.
1:28.0	It did.
1:30.0	On January 13th, as the House of Representatives began considering the article of impeachment now before the U.S. Senate,
1:38.0	Speaker Nancy Pelosi opened the debate by quoting Abraham Lincoln, fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.
1:47.0	We will be remembered in spite of ourselves.
1:51.0	She reminded those gathered in the very chamber that had been violently attacked by an angry mob just one week earlier.
2:01.0	The speaker implored her colleagues in the Senate to vote for conviction and thus put in place, quote,
2:08.0	a constitutional remedy that will ensure that the republic will be safe from this man who is so residently determined to tear down the things that we hold dear and that hold us together.
2:21.0	The speaker also reminded us that words matter.
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