What Does It Mean to Be "for Impeachment”?
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🗓️ 17 September 2019
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Last week the House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines on new investigative procedures the panel will use as they inch closer and closer to possibly writing articles of impeachment. So, has the impeachment conversation changed on Capitol Hill? And is today’s hearing with Corey Lewandowski the first test?
Guest: Rachael Bade, Congressional reporter for the Washington Post
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| 0:00.0 | When Congress is in session, Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds these weekly press briefings. |
| 0:09.8 | Good morning. |
| 0:10.8 | Good morning. |
| 0:11.8 | She stands at a podium and does her best to troll the Republicans. |
| 0:17.3 | She'll bring these posters with her. |
| 0:19.6 | Last week, she'd propped one up that read, |
| 0:21.9 | Trump said Mexico would pay for his wall. |
| 0:24.0 | But look who's paying. |
| 0:26.0 | Just when you think you've seen it all, |
| 0:28.4 | the children will pay for the president's wall. |
| 0:32.8 | But this poster, it is not what the reporters |
| 0:36.1 | taking notes in front of her wanted to discuss. |
| 0:38.5 | Any questions? |
| 0:39.7 | On the other topic of the day, impeachment. |
| 0:44.3 | When this guy says the word impeachment, Pelosi's face hardens. |
| 0:48.6 | She starts flipping through the papers in front of her as if she's stealing herself. |
| 0:52.3 | Do you agree, do you concede now that the impeachment inquiry into President Trump is underway? |
| 0:58.0 | Do I concede now? |
| 1:01.0 | Have you not paid attention to what we've been talking about for months? |
| 1:07.0 | Earlier that same day, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler left no doubt about where he stood when it comes to impeachment. |
| 1:14.9 | He's in favor of it. |
| 1:16.5 | In fact, he said he's in the middle of an impeachment investigation right now. |
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