Rep. Darrell Issa: The Republican Party Will Be What We Were Before, During, And After Trump
On Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla, Rep. Darrell Issa discussed what he saw when attended the second impeachment hearing of former President Trump and what the state of the GOP after former President Trump.
“I was there yesterday, I attended the impeachment. I saw them send us pictures, or send America pictures, basically, because they weren’t really talking to the Senators, all of whom have made up their own mind, including Patrick Leahy. They sent us pictures showing criminals doing criminal things. And these criminals have been charged and some of them charged with conspiracy. And not once did they say, well, they didn’t conspire with with the President, but they were driven by it. It’s clear that they were using these criminals to make a case against the President rather than looking and saying, how did we get a society in which all summer people destroyed whole cities with impunity and then people thought they could do the same thing with our nation’s capital? How did we get to that point and how do we get away from it on the left and the right? How do we in the center, center-left, center-right, convince America that we’re a country of laws and law and order and we won’t tolerate people regardless of their political views using violence? How do we get back to that? And the answer was not seen yesterday during the trial.”
“I’ve push back on other impeachment requests that I’ve received, even from my own party over the years. Impeachment is always political, and here’s the simple reason. The former president is a private citizen. He could be indicted today in a federal court for the crimes they are trying to impeach him of if, in fact, he committed the crime. If what you want to do is deal with a criminal act, he no longer enjoys any impunity. And that’s what they should do. They’re not doing it because they wouldn’t have the elements necessary to convict him even in a Washington, D.C. courtroom.”
“I’m disappointed in the president’s post-election rhetoric because it was the wrong message to send. I’m disappointed in the president. Having said that, we’re not going to bar the president from future presidential runs if he wants to. But we’re also going to move on to be the Republican Party what we were before him, during him and after him. And that’s the party that I’m proud to represent in California.”
