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This video compiles separate answers Trump lawyers presented in replying to senators during the second question-and-answer day of the Senate impeachment trial.
Pat Cipollone: If you’re going to say that the votes of the American people are going to be disallowed, that all of the ballots need to be torn up. Then at the very least you need to be accountable to your own district for that decision and now they are. And now they are. And if the American people decide. If they are allowed to vote. If the American people decide, that they don’t like what’s happened here, that they don’t like the constitutional violations that have happened, that they don’t like the attack on a successful president, for purely partisan political purposes. Then they can do something and they can throw them out. That’s why a vote’s important.
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The original clips contained more than 29 minutes of video, this compressed version is only 24 minutes after removal of silences and pauses.
Chief Justice:
Thank you. The question from Senator Braun and Barrasso for counsel for the President, the House managers have said the country must be saved from this President and he does not have the best interest of the American people and their families in mind. Do you wish to respond to that claim?
Eric Herschmann:
Mr. Chief Justice, members of the Senate, while the House managers are coming before you and accusing the President of doing things in their words, “Solely for personal and political gain.” And claiming that he is not doing things in the best interest of the American people. The American people are telling you just the opposite. The President’s approval rating while we are sitting here, in the middle of these impeachment proceedings, have hit an all time high. And recent polls shows that the American people are the happiest they’ve been with the direction of the country in 15 years. Whether it’s the economy, security, military preparedness, safer streets or safer neighborhoods, they’re all way up.
We, the American people are happier and yet the House managers tell you that the President needs to be removed because he’s an immediate threat to our country. Listen to the words that they just said. We, we the American people, cannot decide who should be our President because as they tell us, and these are their words, “We cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won.” Do you really, really believe that? Do you really think so little of the American people? We don’t. We trust the American people to decide who should be our President. Candidly, it’s crazy to think otherwise. So what’s really going on?
What’s really going on is that he’s a threat to them and he’s an immediate legitimate threat to them. And he’s an immediate, legitimate threat to their candidates because the election is only eight months away. Let’s talk about some of the things the President has done. We’ve replaced NAFTA with the historic MCA. We’ve killed a terrorist Al-Baghdadi and Soleimani. We secured $738 billion to rebuild the military. There are more than 7 million jobs created since the election. Illegal border crossings are down 78% since May and a hundred miles of the wall have been built. The unemployment is the lowest in 50 years. More Americans, nearly 160 million are employed than ever before.
The African American unemployment, the Hispanic American unemployment, the Asian American unemployment has the lowest rate ever recorded. Women’s unemployment recently hit the lowest rate in more than 65 years. Every US metropolitan area saw per capita growth in 2018. Real wages have gone up by 8% for the low income workers. Real median Household income is now the highest level ever recorded. 40 million fewer people live in households receiving government assistance. We signed the biggest package of tax customer forms in history. Since then, over $1 trillion has poured back into the US. 650,000 single mothers that have been lifted out of poverty.
We secured the largest ever increase for childcare funding, helping more than 800,000 low income families access high quality, affordable care. We passed as Manager Jeffries will recall, bi-partisan criminal justice reform. Prescription drugs have been seen the largest price decrease in over half a century. Drug overdose deaths fell nationwide in 2018 for the first time in nearly 30 years. A Gallup poll from just three days ago says that President Trump’s upbeat view of the nation’s economy, military strength, economic opportunity, and overall quality of life will likely resonate with Americans when he delivers State of the Union Address to Congress next week.
Eric Herschmann:
If all that is solely, solely in their words, for his personal and political gain and not in the best interest of the American people, then I say, “God bless him. Keep doing it. Keep doing it. Keep doing it.” Maybe if the House managers stop opposing him and harassing him and harassing everyone associated, with him with the constant letters and the constant investigations, maybe we can even get more done. Let’s try something different now. Join us. Join us. One nation. One nation, one people. Enough is enough. Stop all of this. Thank you.
Trump lawyers answered senators' questions in Senate impeachment trial (Jan 30, 2020) https://t.co/JejiGrQIzy
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