Hudson Votes Against Impeaching President Trump
December 18, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 18, 2019
Hudson Votes Against Impeaching President Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after voting against partisan articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump:
“Our Founding Fathers warned of the impeachment process being abused for partisan purposes. In Federalist Papers No. 65, Alexander Hamilton warned, ‘there will always be the greatest danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties, than by the real demonstration of innocence or guilt,’” said Rep. Hudson.“Washington Democrats just passed two articles of impeachment with zero evidence President Donald Trump committed a crime or an impeachable offense.”
Hudson continued, “I’m incredibly disappointed Hamilton’s fears have come true – this partisan impeachment has been motivated by politics with zero evidence, facts, fairness or due process. It has been a sham from the start, and the American people are sick and tired of it. This is a dark time in America’s history if the new standard for impeaching a president is simply disagreeing with him or her politically.”
This partisan impeachment process has been motivated by politics with zero evidence, facts, fairness or due process. The case against President Trump is demolished by four facts:
- The call transcript shows no conditionality
- President Trump and President Zelensky say there was no pressure
- Ukrainians were not aware the aid was withheld
- Ukraine got the aid without doing anything to get it
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