WASHINGTON, D.C., January 26, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky delivered a scorching criticism of Democrats’ intent to impeach former President Donald J. Trump for a second time, calling their effort “unconstitutional” and “a partisan exercise designed to further divide the country.”
He later called it a “sham,” a “travesty,” and a “dark blot on the history of this country.”
“Democrats claim to want to unify the country, but impeaching a former president — a private citizen — is the antithesis of unity,” began Sen. Paul. “Democrats brazenly, appointing a pro-impeachment Democrat to preside over the trial is not fair or impartial, and hardly encourages any kind of unity in our country.”
“Hyperpartisan Democrats are about to drag our great country down into the gutter of rancor and vitriol, the likes of which has never been seen in our nation’s history,”said Paul.
“It’s almost as if they have no ability to exist except in opposition to Donald Trump,” he declared.
Paul then launched into a litany contrasting President Trump’s direction to the crowd on January 6 to proceed “peacefully” and “patriotically,” with several blatant examples of Democrat members of Congress and others employing real vitriol that
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