Kayleigh McEnany: Impeachment inquiry used to disenfranchise American people
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The House Democrats' impeachment inquiry is about "disenfranchising" the American people, Trump campaign spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said Wednesday.
Appearing on "Outnumbered: Overtime" with host Melissa Francis, McEnany argued that Democrats have "had a singular goal" since President Trump took office--impeachment.
She pointed to an article in The Washington Post from Jan. 20, 2017 headlined, "The campaign to impeach Donald Trump has begun."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}BIDEN, FOR THE FIRST TIME, CALL FOR TRUMP TO BE IMPEACHED
"The Washington Post [is] obviously not a friend or ally of Republicans, but [noted] the fact that Democrats had designs as far back as Inauguration Day to remove a sitting president," said McEnany.
"We heard it from Jerry Nadler on a train after Democrats took back the House. We heard from Chuck Schumer on January 3rd before [the] inauguration: 'The intelligence community will find a way to get back at you,'" she told Francis.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}However, the president's campaign is pushing back against the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry. This week nearly 100 House Republicans signed on to a motion to censure House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rep. Ralph Abraham, R-La. recently introduced a resolution to expel House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., from Congress. Plus, Axios is now reporting that the campaign spent over $700,000 on impeachment-related Facebook ads.
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"This is about disenfranchising the American people who are taking notice and are filling our coffers at the campaign," McEnany urged.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Never in history...has an impeachment inquiry been brought forward without a vote of Congress, and this amounts to an unconstitutional inquiry," she said.
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"What person in this country would be expected to go into a courtroom without an attorney, without the right to cross-examine a witness, without the right to challenge evidence, without the right to present your own evidence?" asked McEnany. "That is what we call a kangaroo court that happens in dictatorships -- not in modern democracies. And, that is what Democrats are asking President Trump to do--it's wrong. And, the people are taking notice of that."