Congressman Matt Gaetz Skewers Democrats’ Urgency to Impeach President Trump at Impeachment Hearing

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Congressman Matt Gaetz Skewers Democrats’ Urgency to Impeach President Trump at Impeachment Hearing

“This impeachment process demonstrates the worst in us”

Washington, D.C. — Today, in the House Judiciary Committee hearing on impeachment, U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) criticized Democrats for rushing the impeachment process, while dragging their feet on legislative issues that resonate with the American people.

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Rep. Gaetz highlighted the record of the Majority’s witness and counsel, Daniel Goldman. In addition to being a substantial Democratic donor, Mr. Goldman has frequently attacked the President on Twitter. Specifically, Rep. Gaetz highlighted one of Mr. Goldman’s smears, and proved his claims to be false.

The video of Rep. Gaetz speaking at the House Judiciary Committee Impeachment hearing, and a rough transcript, can be found below.

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TRANSCRIPT

Rep. Gaetz: The last public opinion poll I saw showed Congress had an approval rating of 9%. By contrast, Muammar Gaddafi had an approval rating of 13% and his own people dragged him into the streets and killed him. This impeachment process demonstrates the worst in us and it is depriving us the opportunity to raise our gaze and meet the needs of the American people.

“Unless you have bipartisan consensus, impeachment is a divisive issue in the country many people would think it’s being done for political reasons,” said by Nancy Pelosi, May 2018.

And here we are, in the most partisan presidential impeachment in American history. Matter of fact, when we opened the inquiry, no republicans vote with the Democrats, and you had Democrats voting with us in the only bipartisan vote to shut down this impeachment.

That brings to us your role, Mr. Goldman. Are you here as a partisan advocate for the democrat position or are you here as a nonpartisan investigator of the facts?

Mr. Goldman: I’m here to present the report that we did on our investigation which was totally and completely reliant on the actual evidence that we uncovered, the witness testimony, and the documents.

Rep. Gaetz: Are you a partisan?

Mr. Goldman: I’m not a partisan.

Rep. Gaetz: Mr. Castor, how long have you worked for the House?

Mr. Castor: Since 2005.

Rep. Gaetz: And same question, Mr. Goldman.

Mr. Goldman: For the House? since earlier this year.

Rep. Gaetz: Mr. Castor, do you make political donations?

Mr. Castor: I don’t remember any.

Rep. Gaetz: Mr. Goldman, same question, do you make political donations?

Mr. Goldman: I do, sir. I think it’s very important…

Rep. Gaetz: Matter of fact, you’ve given tens of thousands of dollars to Democrats, right?

Mr. Goldman: I think it’s important to support candidates for office…

Rep. Gaetz: Have you given over a hundred thousand? I just want to know the number. I don’t really care the basis.

Mr. Goldman: You don’t care about it.

Rep. Gaetz: The basis, I just want the number. Is it tens…

Mr. Goldman: I don’t know how much money.

Rep. Gaetz: Do you know how much money Mr. Burke has given Democrats?

Mr. Goldman: I don’t know.

Rep. Gaetz: Would it surprise you if it’s more than a hundred thousand?

Mr. Goldman: I’m here to talk about this report. I’m happy to talk to you about this report.

Rep. Gaetz: You gave tens of thousands; Mr. Burke gave more than a hundred thousand. Do you think if you had given more money, you’d be able to answer questions like Mr. Burke did? I guess it’s something you’re still pondering.

Mr. Castor, have you ever tweeted anything at the President?

Mr. Castor: No.

Rep. Gaetz: Mr. Goldman, same question.

Mr. Goldman: I have made a number of tweets in my private capacity before I came to this job when I was working in the media, yes.

Rep. Gaetz: Matter of fact, this is one of those tweets, right? And you said, nothing in the dossier is proven false, but in fact the dossier said there was a Russian consulate in Miami, when there isn’t. The dossier said that Michael Cohen had a meeting in Prague when he didn’t.

The dossier said that Michael Cohen’s wife was Russian, she’s, in fact, Ukrainian. And so, as we sit here today, where you I guess got a tweet mentioning a pee tape presenting yourself not as a partisan, hired by the Democrats to pursue the President, do you regret this tweet?

Mr. Goldman: Sir, I would be happy to put this investigation up with any of the nonpartisan investigations…

Rep. Gaetz: I just want to know if you regret the tweet.

Mr. Goldman: During my tenure as a prosecutor.

Rep. Gaetz: Do you regret it

Mr. Goldman: I hope you read the evidence and judge for yourself whether it’s partisan or not.

Rep. Gaetz: I guess you don’t want to answer the question. You know what Mr. Chairman? Earlier in this hearing, you said in your opening statement, that there is nothing more urgent than impeachment right now. This is the most urgent thing we could possibly do.

You know what? If you’re a senior right now and you can’t afford your prescription drugs, that’s more urgent than this. If you’re a manufacturer wanting to dominate the western hemisphere with the passage of the USCMA, that is more urgent. If you’re a farmer who wants to open markets so that your family can survive and thrive, that is a lot more urgent than this partisan process.

If you’re a desperate family member, watching someone succumb to addiction, solving the opioid problem, probably more urgent than this partisan impeachment. If you’re a member of the next generation, dealing with the challenges of extinction and climate change, a budget that’s out of control, driving up the credit card of young people in this country and what they’ll have to pay back as a consequence of our poor decisions, likely more urgent.

But House Democrats have failed at all of these things. Matter of fact, I’d say the only thing under the Christmas tree for most Americans would be a lump of coal, but I think they’re against coal too. The only thing under the Christmas tree for Americans would be impeachment and investigations.

I’ve heard over and over Democrats say that this is all about the President’s “personal interest” and that he abandoned the national interest. And it begs an analysis of how the nation is doing. In November, 266,000 jobs created. 80,000 over the average. Half a million more manufacturing jobs in the Trump presidency. 700,000 construction jobs.

We are doing better than ever before. The American people are thriving. Why won’t you help us move along the critical issues that are far more important than your partisan impeachment?

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Dennis

4 years ago

To me, the key word used by this courageous congressman was “divisiveness.” That has become a cancer eating away at this great country and our enemies out there are loving it. They might be hoping that this divisiveness will result in a civil type war here, all of which is directly related to the Democrats losing the 2016 election. This impeachment nonsense, as stated by the congressman, is only adding fuel to the fire that is raging within this country. The fact that there is no basis for any finding of a impeachable High Crime, exacerbates the metastasizing cancer, and neither the Democrats or the journalistic media, which has become a partisan political machine, seem to care about anything but prevailing, greed and maintaining their elected positions. The people be damned is their attitude, and I am very concerned for the future of this great nation.

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Patriotic American

4 years ago

Reply to  Dennis

As well you should. The Antifa animals currently imposing their reign of terror, were radicalized during Obama’s eight-year illegitimate rule.

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stephen5970

4 years ago

Anyone with a fair and open mind would easily see this whole investigation is a farce, a lynching of a properly elected president by sore losers.

Second and third hand information, or suspicions, personal theories, and assumptions are not evidence no matter how much Schiff and Nadler try and click their heals to make it so.

Other than extreme partisan Democrat voters, no one would believe this is a fair and honest inquiry. As for articles of impeachment, they were written three weeks ago and all this sham is for show and filling in a few blanks by quoting so-called witnesses who saw or heard nothing.

Maxine Waters, from the day Trump.was elected, has been demanding “impeach 45”. No reason to do so. It was and is a “trial” looking for a crime and not a crime to be tried.

If what Trump did was a crime, then just about all presidents are guilty of similar. Obama weaponised the IRS and other government agencies. Hillary exchanged $135 million for Clinton Foundation donations from a Russian company for selling 20% of US uranium production ownership to Russia. Nothing criminal folks, keep averting your eyes.

I wonder, was that where Hillary got the $8 million for the Steels dossier? From Russian donation funds? I wouldn’t be surprised.

Yet the reason that is being used against Trump is that he dared ask about Biden who freely admitted to coercion and bribery so his son and his son’s company wouldn’t be investigated. What Biden did was illegal, criminal, interference, and immoral. But the Dems protect Biden. There is no search for truth.

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Cauc-Asian Patriot

4 years ago

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THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH GEORGE SOROS-IAN GLOBALIST BANKING CLIQUE AGENT AND PROVOCATEUR, CHRISTOPHER STEELE’S DOSSIER! THEY ALSO HAD LESS COLLUSION WITH PRES. TRUMP THAN THE UKRAINIANS HAD WITH HILLARY CLINTON’S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN THAT THEY HAD A RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT! IT SEEMS THAT THE PRESENT UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT IS GRATEFUL AND TRUTHFUL FOR PRES. TRUMP NOW AFTER DEFEATING THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WAS IN THE POCKET OF THE CROOKED CLINTON’S! OF COURSE, WE AMERICANS REALLY HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE SO EXTREME ABOUT RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT IN IRAN WHEN WE DO THE SAME THING IN UKRAINE ALTHOUGH ADMITTEDLY NOTHING IS WORSE THAN A JIHADI GOVERNMENT WHEN IT COMES TO HUMAN RIGHTS BUT WE ALSO SUPPORT SAUDI ARABIA THERE TOO!
VP DADDY JOE BRIBE’EM I MEAN BIDEN WHO FORGETS HIS OWN FAMILY CORRUPTION WHILE SUPPORTING THE IMPEACHMENT HOAX OF PRES TRUMP IS ALL ABOUT LIES AND NOT TRUTH WHICH IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH! WE REPUBLICANS NEED TO TURN ON NANCY SINATRA’S SONG, “WALK ALL OVER YOU” REGARDING THE DEM-RATS AND SAY IT HOW IT IS AS THEY HAVEN’T BEEN “TRUTHING” SO DESERVE TO GET WALKED OVER, TREAD AND SHRED BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY! PRES. TRUMP HAS THE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE AGAINST THOSE WORKING TO DESTROY HIM! 2020 ISN’T ABOUT AN ELECTION ANY MORE BUT REPUBLICAN SURVIVAL AGAINST THE PARTY OF TREASON! HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL RIGHTISTS!

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NITZAKHON

4 years ago

They are absolutely eager to see the country burn.

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John Acord

4 years ago

This is the opening salvo of the Second American Civil War and it will be far more destructive and savage than the one fought by our ancestors 160 years past. The entire future of Western Civilization is at stake. The Commiecrats have served notice they will no longer accept the democratic process. Violent conflict can no longer be avoided. Be forewarned and prepared. To learn how this war will most probably be fought goto https://www.naturalnews.com/2019-12-08-democrats-are-summoning-the-demon-of-political-violence.html

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Richard Canary

4 years ago

Thank you to Pam Geller for reporting the words of Matt Gaetz, in which he accurately tells the real interests of real Americans, not the criminal interests of the cowardly demoncratic fake Americans, who all have more common interests with Karl Marx that with all the hundreds of Founding Fathers and their close allies. The American people need to rise up and demand justice for President Donald Trump, and for the traitors who are today defying our God and our Constitution in order to save their own stinking lives.

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Cauc-Asian Patriot

4 years ago

REP GAITZ MAKES MANY GOOD POINTS BUT ALSO SOME WEAK ONES! THE IMPEACHMENT HOAX DOESN’T DEMONSTRATE “THE WORST IN US” BUT SHOWS THE WORST ABOUT THEM, THE DEM-RATS! LET US ALL REPUBLICANS PUT THE BLAME WHERE IT BELONGS SO WE CAN DEFEAT AND DESTROY THEM WHICH HAS TO BE THE GOAL!
REP GAETZ ALSO MENTIONS CLIMATE CHANGE WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE PERIODIC ROTATIONS OF THE EARTH’S PROXIMITY TO THE SUN THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WESTERN CAUSED POLLUTION! FACT IS THE EARTH HAS HAD WARMING TRENDS BEFORE IN HUMAN HISTORY!
A GREAT EXAMPLE IS GREENLAND WHEN SOME OF THE FIRST VIKINGS SETTLED THERE, WAS WARMER THEN IT GOT REALLY COLD ON THEM AFTER 100 YEARS AND THEIR SETTLEMENT WAS LOST OVER SEVERAL YEARS DUE TO NOT BEING PREPARED FOR IT AND RELIANCE ON BUILDING CHURCHES INSTEAD OF MOVING SOUTH TOWARD THE OCEAN WHERE THEY COULD CATCH MORE FISH PLUS JOIN UP AS A SINGLE COMMUNITY AS THERE IS HELP IN NUMBERS! ADMITTEDLY, THE LOSS OF OZONE OVER BRAZIL, INDIA AND CHINA IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY NOT ENCOURAGING THEIR MANUFACTURING AT THE EXPENSE OF MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS NATIONS BUT NOBODY WANTS TO ADMIT THIS TRUTH ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA! ALSO, THE PRC THINKS IT IS COOL TO KILL OFF SOME OF THEIR ELDERLY FOLKS BY WITHHOLDING CHEAP COAL THAT DISPLAYS THEIR RESPECT LEVEL OF HUMAN RIGHTS PERFECTLY!
REPUBLICANS SHOULD ALL GET REAL ABOUT GOLDMAN AND THE DEM-RATS WHOM REP GAETZ IS RIGHT TO CALL OUT! RELYING ON THE ECONOMIC NUMBERS WHICH ARE BETTER THAN UNDER THE OBAMA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DEM-RAT IMPEACHMENT SCAM TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT WHICH SHOULD BE CALLED THE TREASON IT IS! SEN LINDSAY GRAHAM IS BEING HIS WEAK, RINO SELF WHEN HE SAYS HE ISN’T GOING TO GO ALONG WITH PUTTING THE PEDAL TO THE MEDAL AND DO FORCED CONFRONTATIONS WITH THE DEM-RATS! WHY NOT? TRUE BELIEVER, MARK LEVINE WAS RIGHT YEARS AGO TO CALL ON THE GOP RIGHTISTS TO MAKE SEN LINDSAY GRAHAM GO! FACT IS THE DEM-RATS ARE OPERATING FOR THEIR OWN PERCEIVED POLITICAL GOOD AT THE BEHEST OF THE GEORGE SOROS-IAN GLOBALIST BANKING CLIQUE THAT IS AFTER PRES. TRUMP ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION/CONFERENCE AND THE EU GLOBALISTS TOO! HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL RIGHTISTS!

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Cauc-Asian Patriot

4 years ago

MOST OBJECTIONABLE STATEMENT OF ALL: Rep. Gaetz: The last public opinion poll I saw showed Congress had an approval rating of 9%. By contrast, Muammar Gaddafi had an approval rating of 13% and his own people dragged him into the streets and killed him.
REALITY CHECK: THE DEM-RAT PARTY HAS THE ABIDING SUPPORT OF 47% OF THE U.S. POPULATION WHO WOULD IMPEACH PRES. TRUMP IN A MINUTE BECAUSE IT SUITES THEIR POLITICS!
RE: LIBYA: WE AMERICANS BLEW IT THERE IN THE MID 60’S. IT WAS THE SAME DEM-WIT PARTY’S ADMINISTRATION OF LBJ WHICH SUPPORTED INCOMPETENT GEN. WESTMORELAND’S “SEARCH AND DESTROY” WITH BODY COUNT TAKING ON THE NATURE OF WINNING AN ASIAN WAR AGAINST COMMUNIST INSURGENTS AND INVADERS WHILE ENFORCING A DRAFT THAT SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN NEEDED SINCE WE SHOULD HAVE SUPPORTED LOCAL FORCES OUTSIDE THE COASTAL AREAS OF U.S. INTEREST! WE HAD MARINES STATIONED IN LIBYA AND SHOULD HAVE MADE A JOINT OPERATION WITH THE BRITISH TO SUPPORT ITS MONARCH AGAINST GADDAFI ‘S TRIBAL UPRISING! GADDAFI’S TRIBE HAD 13% OF THE LIBYAN POPULATION BUT HE HAD A BASE IN THE PART OF THE COUNTRY HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO, FALLING BACK, WHEN THANKS TO THE OBAMA’S SUPPORT OF JIHADI DEMOCRACY BACKED BY OUR CRITICAL NATO AIR SUPPORT WITHOUT WHICH GADDAFI’S AIR FORCE WOULD HAVE GUARANTEED HIS GOVERNMENT’S VIABILITY OVER THE COUNTRY, HIS CONVOY WAS AMBUSHED AND HE WAS KILLED!
THE RUSSIANS HAVE SHOWN A VIDEO OF GADDAFI FIGHTING WITH A PISTOL WHILE HE IS STABBED IN THE BACKSIDE THEN KILLED BY A MOB AFTER HE WAS TOLD THEY WOULD LET HIM SURRENDER! THIS IS AFTER ONE OF HIS GUARDS BETRAYED HIM AND EXPLODED A GRENADE, WOUNDING HIM TO SAVE HIMSELF AFTER PRETENDING TO HAVE NEGOTIATED A SURRENDER. GADDAFI WAS A WEIRD DUDE WITH A CHANGING PHILOSOPHY WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE TREACHEROUS WITH THOSE OUTSIDE HIS OWN TRIBAL CIRCLE BUT HE WASN’T THE ONLY LEADER LIKE THAT!
THE BRITISH SHOULD HAVE JUST BEEN ALLOWED TO ESTABLISH A PROTECTORATE OVER LIBYA AFTER WWII AND IDRUS’ HEIRS WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE, RULING OVER IT NOW! INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, GADDAFI WAS NOT A JIHADI AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH AND FREED WOMEN, ETC WHICH IS WHY HE WAS LESS POPULAR IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THE JIHADIS NOW HAVE REPRESENTATION IN ITS PARLIAMENT RULING OVER A MINORITY OF THE COUNTRY! THERE WAS AN ELECTION AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FORMED A GOVERNMENT BACKED BY A NATIONAL ARMY LED BY A GENERAL, KHALIFA HIFTER WHO HAS DUAL U.S. CITIZENSHIP WHICH IS NOW OPPOSED BY AN INTERNATIONALIST U.N. GOVERNMENT BACKED BY THE GLOBALISTS AND BY PRO-JIHADI ELEMENTS! I THINK THE BEST HOPE FOR UNITING LIBYA’S NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY WHICH IS NOT DEPENDENT ON JIHADIS BUT LIKE EGYPT WITH A STRONG ANTI-JIHADI MILITARY! HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL RIGHTISTS!

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