'Impeachment lite': Trump slams House Democrats for 'flimsy, pathetic, ridiculous'
'Impeachment lite': Trump slams House Democrats for 'flimsy, pathetic, ridiculous' articles of impeachment
by Tim Pearce
| December 10, 2019 08:42 PM
President Trump blasted House Democrats' articles of impeachment as "flimsy, pathetic, ridiculous" hours after they were rolled out.
House Democratic leadership introduced two articles of impeachment on Tuesday against Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Trump responded to the articles at a rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday night.
"Today, the House Democrats announced these two flimsy, pathetic, ridiculous articles of impeachment," he said. "With today's announcement, they are now admitting there was no collusion, there was no obstruction of justice, and there were no crimes, whatsoever!"
Neither article of impeachment names a crime that the president allegedly committed. House Democrats characterized Trump’s withholding of military aid to Ukraine as a "bribe" for weeks during impeachment hearings, but the charge was notably left off the draft articles. The second article of impeachment alleges Trump obstructed Congress, which differs from obstruction of justice.
"They are impeaching me. Do you know why?" Trump asked the audience. "Because they want to win an election, and that’s the only way they can do it."
He went on to call the impeachment efforts "impeachment lite," slamming the process as the "the lightest, weakest" impeachment "in the history of our country by far." Trump also accused Democrats of abusing Congress's impeachment power and cheapening a solemn process.
"To me, impeachment is a very ugly word. It's a word I associate with some very bad times in our country," Trump said. "This was a big deal. They are making it so it's like, 'Let's do this every six months.' They have cheapened a process."
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