Congressman Davis weighs in on Trump impeachment hearings

Posted on November 13, 2019
Rodney Davis
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis spoke Wednesday morning with WJBC’s Scott Miller. (WJBC file photo)

 

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – As the House Intelligence Committee holds its first public presidential impeachment hearing in over 20 years, a Central Illinois Congressman said the entire process is centered around the 2016 election.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) spoke Wednesday morning with WJBC’s Scott Miller.  He said there’s a 100% chance President Donald Trump will be impeached in the House, but that won’t happen in the Senate.

“There is a zero percent chance he’s convicted in the Senate and removed from office.  This is just a ploy to assuage the far left of the Democratic party who will stop at nothing to get rid of this president and overturn the 2016 election because they didn’t like the results,” said Davis.

The witnesses testifying Wednesday are Bill Taylor, the Trump administration’s top diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.

Former Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch is scheduled to testify before the same committee on Friday, according to NBC News.

Davis said after this process, both sides will sit down and talk about a path forward to solve some of the nations most pertinent problems.

“That is what we do on a regular basis out here, you’d probably be shocked that happens because all people see is the far right and far left on the 24-hour news cycle responding to questions that only talk about polarization,” Davis said.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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