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Local representatives respond to formal impeachment inquiry

Posted at 4:56 PM, Sep 24, 2019
and last updated 2019-09-24 19:28:10-04

Following the announcement of formal impeachment inquiry from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, local representatives are providing their thoughts on the matter.

More on the impeachment proceedings here.

Below are statements from those representatives (statements will be updated as they are received):

"Democrats and their socialist elitist allies in the mainstream media are barreling toward impeachment with no facts and zero evidence to support Constitutionally impeachable behavior. Their probable cause is solely a burning hatred for President Trump. They lost badly on the fake Russia conspiracy, but here we are again with yet another witch hunt. The Ukraine conspiracy. They won't even wait 24 hours for the transcript of the dastardly telephone call to be released. Just like the $30 million, 22-month-long Mueller probe, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats are wasting the American peoples' time and money. If their outrage was genuine, Democrats would be pressing for a full investigation into Joe Biden, who publicly bragged about getting a Ukrainian prosecutor fired to protect his son, and to determine exactly what PC was presented by the Obama administration which led the failed attempt to push the 2016 Presidential election to Hillary Clinton."
-Congressman Clay Higgins
Democrats have called for impeachment since President Trump won the election. The Mueller investigation went nowhere, so they're trying something new. President Trump said he will release the transcript of the call with Ukraine on Wednesday, and the readout will speak for itself. In the meantime, I hope they focus on passing legislation that will raise military pay, stop surprise medical billing and other issues important to the well-being of Americans.
-US Senator Bill Cassidy

A statement from Steve Scalise is below:

My full statement ↓ pic.twitter.com/6zMgLM2pSq

— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) September 24, 2019

Watch Pelosi's announcement below: