DPCC Co-Chair Lieu: Soliciting Help From A Foreign Government To Target A Political Rival Is Un-American
Washington, DC- Congressman Ted Lieu, Co-Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, appeared on CNN Right Now to discuss the impeachment inquiry and House Democrats progress with cleaning up corruption in Washington For the People. Click here to watch the video.
"Let me first say that impeachment is one of the gravest powers of Congress. It should always be our last option, reserved for only those incidences where we can't wait until the next election. We're at one of those times because the President continues to solicit foreign powers to interfere in electoral politics. And if he wants to clear his name, he can provide all his information, but instead he is refusing to provide it, obstructing it. If he wants to have a vote in Congress, I'm sure that's fine. Over a majority of Congress has now publicly stated that they support impeachment inquiry. It won't be a hard vote for us."
"The text messages confirm that this was not a one-off conversation that Donald Trump had with the Ukrainian leader. This was a months long conservative campaign orchestrated to get Ukraine to target an American citizen for political purposes. This scandal is not hard to understand. Donald Trump blocks military aide to Ukraine. A week later he's on a phone call with the Ukrainian leader, and right after the leader asks about military aide, Trump asks for a favor one of which is to investigate Biden. The text messages confirm that our own diplomats understood that they were withholding aide for political purposes for this political campaign."
"The President might want to watch the video of his remarks yesterday on the South Lawn. I served in active duty in the military because I believe America is an exceptional country, and one of the things that makes us great is our shared understanding that we are all Americans. The American president should never, ever solicit a foreign government to target a political rival. That is un-American, it's wrong, and it's abuse of power."