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| https://byrne.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/byrne-refutes-democrat-impeachment-spectacle-the-facts-are-on-our-side | Byrne Refutes Democrat Impeachment Spectacle: The Facts Are On Our Side | 2019-11-14 | 2019 | 2019-11 | Republican | House | AL | Bradley Byrne | B001289 | byrne.house.gov | legacy | Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL) gave a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives last night refuting the process and the substance behind the Democrats' sham impeachment. Byrne's remarks as prepared can be seen in full here. Excerpts of his prepared remarks are below: Congressman Byrnesaid:Democrats made a big spectacle about holding their first public hearing today. The truth is that today's hearing is little more than a public showcasing of witnesses they've already interrogated and vetted in that little room to ensure they will say only what the Democrats desire. For weeks, we have been going back and forth about what these individuals may or may not have been doing. We have a mountain of bureaucratic gossip about what was going on, who was doing what. But the Democrats have provided zero, and I mean no direct evidence, showing President Trump ordered some kind of quid pro quo. We know that the whistleblower also lacked firsthand knowledge of what he reportedly blew the whistle on. He was, according to the Inspector General, a partisan individual. The whistleblower made allegations that President Trump made demands' on President Zelensky on a phone call that occurred in the White House. President Trump took the extraordinary step of releasing the transcript of this supposedly extraordinary call. The other issue that has been swirling downstairs in that little room is this hold that was placed on security assistance to Ukraine. That hold was placed before the phone call that President Trump had with President Zelensky, the call that the whistleblower raised. But in the transcript, neither President Trump nor President Zelensky said one word about the hold on that call! You would think that if President Trump were trying to use the aid for extorsion, he would have at least mentioned it. This would be a very strange quid pro quo where President Trump did not tell President Zelensky and President Zelensky did not know that the funds were on hold. Many of the witnesses have speculated about why OMB placed a hold on the aid, but when pressed, in all those thousands of pages, they've all said some version of I don't know why the aid was placed on hold.' Despite this sham of a process, we have no evidence that President Trump ordered any kind of quid pro quo, none. The call transcript shows no demand, President Zelensky says there was no demand, and no evidence shows President Trump ordered a demand. The Ukrainians got the aid money, within days of even finding out it was on hold, and they got the high-level meetings not only with the President of the United States but also with the Vice President that they wanted! The truth is this isn't about removing the President. They know that the votes in the Senate aren't there for that. This is about satisfying their resistance base and defeating President Trump in the 2020 election. This entire process, from its very inception, has been a hypocritical, shameful exercise in partisan political opportunism. There is no substance here. None of President Trump's actions even approach anything remotely near impeachable conduct. But Democrats have made a critical error in orchestrating their scheme. They have underestimated the resolve of the American people that elected this President. The facts are on our side, and we will rise to the occasion and fight back against this radical scheme to remove President Trump. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |