Democrats were Opposed to Impeachment Before they were for it

Timothy Birdnow

Here are a few quotes from Democrats on the impeachment of Bill Clinton and the scheme to impeach Donald Trump:

Diane Feinstein:

 "Outside the Beltway, people want this thing to be over. I think they’ve had enough of it. This is one of my concerns about the continued release of materials even before the inquiry itself has begun. And I think the American people have other things they want their government to take care of other than dwell on this.”

— Sept. 26, 1998

"I find the whistleblower complaint to be highly credible. It suggests that the president used his office to demand political favors from a foreign country and that White House personnel knew this was wrong and tried to cover it up by burying details of the call with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy.”

Sept. 21, 2019

Joe Biden:

"The American people don’t think that they have made a mistake by electing Bill Clinton and we in Congress had better be very careful before we upset their decision and make darn sure that we are able to convince them, if we decide to upset their decision, that our decision to impeach him was based upon principle and not politics.”— Nov. 18, 1998

"It is a tragedy for this country that our president put personal politics above his sacred oath. He has put his own political interests over our national security interest, which is bolstering Ukraine against Russian pressure. It is an affront to every single American and the founding values of our country. This is not a Republican issue or a Democratic issue. It is a national security issue. It is a test of our democratic values.”

— Sept. 25, 2019

Chuck Schumer:

"It is time we move forward, and not have the Congress and the American people endure a specter of what could be a yearlong focus on a tawdry but not impeachable affair.”—

Oct. 6, 1998

"This document” — a White House summation of the phone conversation — "demonstrates that President Trump made it abundantly and redundantly clear to the president of the Ukraine that he wanted him to investigate his political opponent and further that he wanted him to work with Attorney General (William) Barr to make it happen. This document absolutely validates the wisdom of … (the) decision to open up a formal impeachment inquiry.”— Sept. 25, 2019

Nancy Pelosi  December 1998.
"Today the Republican majority is not judging the president with fairness, but impeaching him with a vengeance

In the investigation of the president, fundamental principles which Americans hold dear -- fairness, privacy, checks and balances -- have been seriously violated and why? Because we are here today because the Republicans in the House are paralyzed with hatred of President Clinton. ... Until the Republicans free themselves of that hatred, our country will suffer.”

We could not ignore what the president did. He gave us no choice. So it wasn't any change of mind. I always said we will follow the facts where they take us. And when we see them, we will be ready. And we are ready.

He told me it was perfect. There was nothing in the call. But I know what was in the call. I mean, it was in the public domain. He didn't even know that it was wrong. You know, he was saying, "It was perfect. There was nothing wrong." Well, no, it is wrong. It is wrong for a president to say that he wants you-- another head of state-- to create something negative about his possible political opponent to his own advantage, at the expense of our national security, his oath of office to the Constitution and the integrity of our elections.

Nancy Pelosi to Scott Pelley September 2019

So the Democrats have a huge dose of hypocrisy here.

Does anyone remember Moveon.org? That website was created to advocate moving on from impeachment during the Clinton era. Now where are they?

They are calling for the impeachment of Donald Trump.

Hypocrites.

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