Posted on 11/14/2019 7:46:46 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ) dismissed diplomat Bill Taylor’s testimony Wednesday before the House Intelligence Committee as “hearsay.”
During Taylor’s testimony, he claimed President Trump spoke with Gordon Sondland, the American ambassador to the European Union, about the “investigations” into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.
Taylor’s information came from one of Taylor’s staffers who claimed he overheard the president’s phone call with Sondland.
The New Jersey Democrat chastised Taylor over his assertion.
“It’s hearsay,” Van Drew said after Wednesday’s impeachment inquiry hearing. “It’s really difficult dealing with this because it’s he said-she said.”
Reps. Van Drew and Collin Peterson (D-MN) were the two House Democrats to vote against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) resolution formalizing the rules and proceedings regarding their impeachment inquiry.
Van Drew said he would need to see the stronger evidence such as verifiable documents or audio of President Trump’s conversations to prove the allegations levied against him for him to back impeachment.
“Frankly the aid did flow, so that really isn’t an issue at the end of the day,” Van Drew added. “The aid flowed, and everything resolved.”
Van Drew’s district represents one of the many districts that Democrats flipped during the 2018 midterm elections. President Trump and Republicans hope to flip red during the 2020 congressional elections. President Trump defeated Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election in New Jersey’s second congressional district.
Rep. Van Drew has continued to criticize the impeachment inquiry into President Trump as “hopelessly partisan.”
The New Jersey Democrat said in October his constituents said this move to impeach the president has fractured the nation.
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Their out will be that this is so divisive and the Republicans have circled the wagon so the only option is to hold a vote on censure of PDJT instead and then let the voters decide in 2020.
There would also have to be some kind of crime. So far, the "impeachment" is purely about policy that DemocRATs did not approve.
—> The rats begin their flight from the sinking ship. <—
I agree...the dark room has been lit up bright for the cockroach dims and they scurry.
Kellyanne says it so beautifully. Watch this from 3:20mark to 4:45. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNI9GjM0cQ4&t=325s
Kellyanne is always refreshing to listen to.
Heard it from a friend who-oo-oo-oo, heard it from a friend who-oo-oo-oo-oo, heard it from another Trump’s been messing around.....
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