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Chris Wallace: As impeachment vote was cast, 'I can feel goosebumps'
The Hill ^ | October 31, 2019 | Joe Concha

Posted on 10/31/2019 1:46:07 PM PDT by jazusamo

"Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace said Thursday that he "can feel goosebumps" during an impeachment resolution vote on the House floor during the network's live coverage of the event.

Wallace's commentary comes after the House made its biggest step to date toward the third presidential impeachment in the history of the United States. Members of the House approved procedures for an impeachment inquiry to be moved from closed-door hearings to the public view on television.

"As they called the vote, I have to say I can feel goosebumps," Wallace said. "You cannot overstate how dramatic this is and what a decision the Democrats have made to pursue this course."

The measure, which passed in a 232-196 vote along party lines, establishes rules for open hearings and the questioning of witnesses by members and staff.

Wallace said that an impeachment of Trump is decidedly different than that of President Nixon in 1974, which had bipartisan support.

"There was a bipartisan agreement at that time, even though obviously the impeachment of Richard Nixon was a big deal, but a bipartisan agreement that it needed to go to that kind of an investigation," Wallace, a 51-year news veteran, said Thursday.

"Here you see the party divisions holding, all the Democrats with the exception of I think two, voting for this inquiry, all of the Republicans I think with no defections voting against it, so this city is still polarized despite the efforts of Democrats and their closed-door hearings to try to build a case against the president," he continued.

"What will be interesting to see is what happens when we have open hearings and the American people get to judge and conceivable to put pressure on their representatives and either, 'Yep, there’s a case against the president' or 'Nope, there isn't.' But the Democrats have cast their die now and this is going to roll out over the next two months," Wallace concluded.

The two Democrats who voted against the resolution were Reps. Collin Peterson (Minn.) and Jeff Van Drew (N.J.), who both represent districts in blue states won by the president in 2016.

Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.), who broke from the GOP earlier this year, voted for the measure.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chriswallace; coup; foxnews; goosebumps; impeachment; kangaroocourt; kangaroohearings; withhunt
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To: jazusamo

Wall ass


61 posted on 10/31/2019 2:08:57 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: jazusamo

Wow, he’s a true Swamp Creature.


62 posted on 10/31/2019 2:10:12 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: CarmichaelPatriot

I think that’s justification enough for all patriots to fire FAUX News.


63 posted on 10/31/2019 2:10:25 PM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: jazusamo

It’s probably herpes.


64 posted on 10/31/2019 2:11:24 PM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: jazusamo

Wallace is best as an interviewer and not as a person who gives commentary. I know most here don’t like his interview style but I don’t mind his approach to test the person being interviewed. But, his commentary is just plain ridiculous at times.


65 posted on 10/31/2019 2:11:38 PM PDT by hawkaw
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To: LeonardFMason

Reporter or not, they don’t come much lower than that.


66 posted on 10/31/2019 2:11:46 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Good. Cause the blood in your veins is just about to run cold.


67 posted on 10/31/2019 2:11:52 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus (<img src=(;.()))
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To: CatOwner

Can’t come soon enough.
Big political winner for President Trump


68 posted on 10/31/2019 2:13:04 PM PDT by italianquaker
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
"What will be interesting to see is what happens when we have open hearings and the American people get to judge and conceivable to put pressure on their representatives and either, 'Yep, there’s a case against the president' or 'Nope, there isn't.'

Does this guy have any clue what the hell he's talking about? The "American people" don't get to decide how an impeachment will go, or to judge the President in a court of public opinion. Does he think we are in 17th century France?

69 posted on 10/31/2019 2:13:16 PM PDT by 4Runner
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To: goldstategop

Wallace knows the Democrats WILL impeach Trump. Too many Democrats made that promise in 2018 and ran and won on that. So they have to impeach him. That’s quite inevitable. The far-left wants their mark on history and satisfy their base.

It’s just what exactly the Senate does with it when they get it is the question.


70 posted on 10/31/2019 2:16:17 PM PDT by david1292
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To: Mount Athos
i feel nausea every time i see his name. I think i would actually throw up if i ever see him on tv again, don’t think that will happen

Partner, we all feel pretty bad for President Trump and we will back him up on this Fake Inquiry by Pelousy and we will vote for President Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

She will not be Speaker of the People's House after the election in 2020.

Plus, there are a lot of DemonRats that will lose their election next year since this Impeachment has gone way too far for us common folk.

Miss Hillary Clintoon, Bill Clintoon and George Soros have gone way beyond their pay grade since Bill and herself are the ones who have been pushing for Impeachment of President Trump.

Bill and Hillary are the ones really pushing for these Impeachment proceedings since they do not care what happens to the DemonRat party but it is all over for the Rat party.

71 posted on 10/31/2019 2:16:39 PM PDT by TheConservativeTejano (God Bless Texas...)
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To: jazusamo

Wallace has been on TV for well over 30 years. He was on TV all through the 90s. I’ll bet you can search for 10 years for any sound of Chris Wallace saying how historic and exciting the Bill Clinton impeachment drama was and you will never find it.


72 posted on 10/31/2019 2:18:13 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: jazusamo
He's saying this is something historic - high drama.

If you're in official Washington, it is.

For the rest of the country, not so much. We have other ways of entertaining ourselves.

But if you grew up reading and loving political history, you will understand what he means.

73 posted on 10/31/2019 2:19:12 PM PDT by x
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To: 4Runner

‘The “American people” don’t get to decide how an impeachment will go, or to judge the President in a court of public opinion.’

“and the American people get to judge and conceivable to put pressure on their representatives...”

did you miss that part in the quote you posted...?


74 posted on 10/31/2019 2:21:22 PM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: jazusamo

Son of Fluffo Wallace


75 posted on 10/31/2019 2:23:05 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: goldstategop
House didn’t vote to formally vote to authorize impeachment. Why is Chris Wallace lying? Nothing of the kind happened today.

More fake news.

76 posted on 10/31/2019 2:26:27 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: coaster123

We went from people saying it wouldn’t happen and the Democrats were backing off to the next defensive narrative. They aren’t stopping. This is war. Sorry.


77 posted on 10/31/2019 2:27:53 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: DoughtyOne

Don’t do that!Chris is a miserable POS,you ain’t.


78 posted on 10/31/2019 2:28:14 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: jazusamo

LOLOL!!

Reminds me of Chrissy Matthews getting a tingle in his leg when he heard Hussein speak.

Maybe it was a tinkle. Hard to tell with hand-wringing bed-wetters like these.


79 posted on 10/31/2019 2:28:15 PM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: jazusamo

I cannot stand Chris Wallace. The only reason he has a national gig is because his father was Mike Wallace. Chris Wallace cannot pronounce names correctly. He calls Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor “Supreme Court Justice Sodameyer.” He cannot pronounce vowels correctly. He mispronounces so many words that I forget what he is talking about because I keep thinking about what incompetent hack he is. As soon as I see his face on TV I hit the remote control button.


80 posted on 10/31/2019 2:30:12 PM PDT by forgotten man
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