House Speaker Nancy Pelosi began impeachment debate on the House floor by reading the Pledge of Allegiance. ''The republic for which it stands' is what we are here to talk about today. A republic, if we can keep it.'
Rep. Ted Lieu, a Democrat from California, explained why he thinks today's impeachment vote is important.
"Our children are watching, no president ever wants to be impeached. Whether Donald Trump leaves in one month, one year or five years, this impeachment is permanent, it will follow him around for the rest of his life and the history books and people will know why we impeached," he said. While Lieu doesn't agree with Trump on key issues, he said the President has the right to move forward with his own policy,"but the President does not have the right to cheat and solicit foreign interference in our elections."
"That is illegal, it is not what the voters elected him to do and we will not stand for it," Lieu said.
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