Cruz: Democrats’ Trump Allegations Do Not Amount To As Much As A’ Speeding Ticket’
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on Sunday that the allegations that House Democrats have made against President Donald Trump in their impeachment efforts do not amount to as much as a speeding ticket because they have not alleged that any violation of federal statutes has occurred.
“I do think what we have seen coming out of the House is an abuse of the Constitution,” Cruz told Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo. “And the reason is that they’re using this for political purposes. This is the first time in history any president is alleged – has been impeached without the articles alleging any criminal conduct at all, without alleging any federal crime was violated.”
“They don’t allege any federal law was violated.
They don’t even allege as much as that the president has a speeding ticket, and that has never happened in our country’s history,” Cruz continued. “And to use impeachment like the House Democrats are doing, to express their political disagreement with the president, to try to overturn an election they’re unhappy with, that is an abuse of the Constitution.”
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