Texas Republican freshman Rep. Beth Van Duyne argues impeachment only further divides the country and distracts from Congress enacting policies to help the American people.
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Ainsley at least five house
Ainsley, at least five house
republicans say they will vote
to impeach Donald Trump, but
freshman congresswoman, Beth Van
Dyck of the Democrats rush to
remove the President quote
political theater and she joins
us now
a tough week, especially if you
are a Republican.
Why are they not supporting
him?
We have a lot of discussions
and thoughtful debate and each
individual is voting their
conscience and in the best
interests they believe for the
country.
I think right now. Impeachment
is a waste of time.
I think about all the hours,
millions of dollars we wasted
the last four years, impeaching, the president and next week we
the president and next week we
are entering a new phase: new
Administration, North Texas. We
have small businesses going out
of business, restaurants,
closing that have been open for
decades. The aviation industry
is floundering families not
able to put food on their table
and pay for insurance, and we
are talking about impeachment
of a president who is going to
be gone in seven days.
This is doing nothing to
empower families and everything to divide the country and this
to divide the country and this
Congress.
Ainsley political theater
explain that
it is not doing anything
proactive. It is not doing
anything that helps working
families at a time when we
needed, we are continuing to go back.
We are continuing to go back
for these 30 second soundbites,
that make headline news, but
nothing to help policy not
doing anything to help people.
We are in a horrific time in
our countrys history.
I was at the capital last week on my third day, I was watching
on my third day. I was watching
those events unfold on Fox, like
millions of people across the
country.
Leaders of this country need to
band together and defend our
democracy and defend our
country, and we need to speak as
one and instead we are for a
having a victory lap taking a final pound of flesh
final pound of flesh.
It is doing nothing to help
people and everything to so
more division in our country
and, quite honestly, the american
people deserve better
Ainsley. What about when it
comes to the Republican Party,
whether or not you support what
Ms Cheney is doing or the president and say it is
political theater, you are still
political theater. You are still
conservative. The party is
still conservative and those
folks who vote read and love.
Conservative values want that
for their future and the
children and grandchildren. So
what is the future of the
republican Party?
We are going to agree to
disagree on some things. I dont know that we will agree.
I dont know that we will agree
on everything and that is okay.
Having that discussion, why we
feel the way we do is what
democracy is all about
to have. This kind of debate
for the folks on the left were
criticizing the rights
response. Where were you the
past summer, when leaders
rioters were allowing people to
die on the street and not allow
police officers, have access to
them or buildings were being
shut down? Businesses were
being broken into
in August in our capital, when
officials were being assaulted,
capital police being spit on
and pushed. Where were your
statements?
I never saw them
all of us. Are trying to really
is what this means for the
future
instead of having more acts the
me nothing waste time, waste
money need to band together
and do the hard work
people were asking. Where was
twitter when Nancy Pelosi, the
Russia Investigation, saying
Donald Trump hijacked the
election?
Where was twitter, then
great question
I had than opponent during my
campaign said: who cares about
rioters, alluding? Let them
burn it down to the ground.
Where was twitter?
There was not even a comment
from her opponents. On the
democrat side, I never heard from leadership.
I never heard from leadership
burn it down to the grounds.
Transcript generated on 2021-01-13.