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I love our country. I believe that our Constitution was inspired by Providence. I am convinced that freedom itself is dependent on the strength and vitality of our national character.
Senate remarks on the Trump impeachment trial (2020)
The allegations made in the articles of impeachment are very serious. As a Senator-juror, I swore an oath, before God, to exercise “impartial justice.”
Senate remarks on the Trump impeachment trial (2020)
Does anyone seriously believe I would consent to these consequences other than from an inescapable conviction that my oath before God demanded it of me?
Senate remarks on the Trump impeachment trial (2020)
We’re all footnotes at best in the annals of history. But in the most powerful nation on earth, the nation conceived in liberty and justice, that is distinction enough for any citizen.
Senate remarks on the Trump impeachment trial (2020)
Corrupting an election to keep oneself in office is perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of one’s oath of office that I can imagine.
Senate remarks on the Trump impeachment trial (2020)
I acknowledge that my verdict will not remove the President from office.
Senate remarks on the Trump impeachment trial (2020)
To maintain that the lack of a codified and comprehensive list of all the outrageous acts that a president might conceivably commit renders Congress powerless to remove such a president defies reason.
Senate remarks on the Trump impeachment trial (2020)
The President’s purpose was personal and political.
Accordingly, the President is guilty of an appalling abuse of the public trust.
Senate remarks on the Trump impeachment trial (2020)
Were I to ignore the evidence that has been presented, and disregard what I believe my oath and the Constitution demands of me for the sake of a partisan end, it would, I fear, expose my character to history’s rebuke and the censure of my own conscience.
Senate remarks on the Trump impeachment trial (2020)