Republican Who Voted To Impeach Bill Clinton: Donald Trump's Actions Worse | The Last Word

>>> THE CHARGES FACING PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW ARE MORE SERIOUS THAN
THE CHARGES THAT GOT PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON IMPEACHED BY THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SAYS FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
BOB INGLIS. IN 1998, CONGRESSMAN BOB INGLIS,
A SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN HELPED THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE DRAFT THE IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES AGAINST PRESIDENT
CLINTON. >> OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE IS
WHAT HE'S ACCUSED OF. NOW, IF THE MAN HAD DISCRETION,
HE WOULD RESIGN. IF HE HAD A SHRED OF DIGNITY OR
HONOR, HE WOULD RESIGN TODAY. BUT SINCE HE DOESN'T, WE MOVE ON
TO A SEPARATE THING, AND THAT IS PROOF.
WE MUST NOW SEE IF THERE IS PROOF THAT HE HAS COMMITTED
THESE CRIMES. >> NOW, A FORMER REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN, DEFEATED IN HIS LAST RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN
LARGELY BECAUSE OF HIS SUPPORT FOR AL GORE'S POSITION ON
CLIMATE CHANGE, BOB INGLIS SAYS THAT A PUBLIC CENSURE OR
REPRIMAND MAY HAVE BEEN A BETTER IDEA IN THE CLINTON IMPEACHMENT
CASE. BOB INGLIS ALSO SAYS THAT IF A
DEMOCRAT IN THE WHITE HOUSE HAD FIRED AN FBI DIRECTOR WHO WAS
INVESTIGATING HER, PAUL RYAN'S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WOULD
BE PURSUING IMPEACHMENT CHARGES RIGHT NOW.
JOINING US NOW, FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN BOB INGLIS.
CONGRESSMAN, YOU'RE SEEING JUST PURE PARTISAN HYPOCRISY HIRE.
IF THIS WAS A DEMOCRAT FIRING THE FBI DIRECTOR, AND THE FBI
DIRECTOR TESTIFYING ABOUT CERTAIN KINDS OF INTIMIDATION
TACTICS USED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FBI DIRECTOR, YOU WOULD
EXPECT THIS REPUBLICAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BE MOVING
TOWARD IMPEACHMENT ALREADY. >> WELL, YES.
LET'S SAY THAT HILLARY CLINTON HAD WON AND LET'S SAY THAT JAMES
COMEY, DIRECTOR OF THE FBI, HAD REOPENED THE INVESTIGATION INTO
HER USE OF THE PRIVATE E-MAIL SERVER.
LET'S SAY THAT SHE DIDN'T LIKE THAT AND THAT SHE FIRED HIM.
REPUBLICANS WOULD BE HOWLING, AND RIGHTLY SO BECAUSE IT WOULD
LOOK VERY SUSPICIOUS. BUT DONALD TRUMP HAS BASICALLY
DONE THOSE THINGS, AND REPUBLICANS ARE WHIMPERING.
THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM. WE NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF
THIS. WE NEED TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN
OUR GOVERNMENT, IN OUR A ELECTORAL SYSTEM.
SO IT'S INCUMBENT, I BELIEVE, UPON MY PARTY TO REALLY GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF THIS AND TO PURSUE THIS VISION OF RUSSIA
CONNECTIONS WITH REAL VIGOR. >> IN A PIECE THAT YOU WROTE
ABOUT THIS, YOU SAY THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REPUBLICANS
NOW AND REPUBLICANS DURING THE NIXON PRESIDENCY WHO HELPED, IN
EFFECT, DRIVE RICHARD NIXON OUT OF OFFICE ONCE THEY DISCOVERED
THE CRIMES HE WAS INVOLVED IN, YOU SAY THE BIG DIFFERENCE NOW
IS THE PRESENCE OF SICK OH FANTIC MEDIA.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? >> WELL, IF YOU WATCH "FOX &
FRIENDS," WHAT YOU'LL SIGH IS A STEADY DIET OF BASICALLY FAWNING
OVER THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT.
ANYTHING THEY SAY MUST BE TRUE. I REMEMBER WHEN DONALD TRUMP
MADE THE UB SUBSTANTIATED ALLEGATION THAT BARACK OBAMA HAD
WIRETAPPED HIM IN THE TRUMP TOWER, THAT MORNING ON "FOX &
FRIENDS," THEY WERE BASICALLY REPEATING THAT ALLEGATION AS
THOUGH IT HAD BEEN PROVEN FACT, COMPLETELY DISPENSING WITH WHAT
JOURNALISTS SHOULD DO, WHICH IS SAY, WELL, THIS IS SOMETHING
THEY SAID, BUT NOW LIT'S GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.
ANYWAY, BASED ON THAT KIND OF THING, WHAT YOU END UP WITH IS A
MEDIA THAT SUPPORTS THAT 38% THAT IS DONALD TRUMP A SUPPORT
AND GIVES THEM THE STEADY DIET OF EXPLAINING, RATIONALIZING,
NORMALIZING HIS BEHAVIOR. AND THE RESULT IS THAT WE DON'T
HAVE WHAT WE HAD BACK IN THE NIXON DAYS, WHICH WAS VERY
CREDIBLE REPUBLICANS FACING THREE 30-MINUTE NIGHTLY NEWS
BROADCASTS KNOWING THAT THEY HAD TO BE STRAIGHT WITH THOSE FOLKS
THAT WERE ASKING THEM QUESTIONS ON THOSE THREE 30-MINUTE
BROADCASTS. >> A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN LOOKING
AT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE HOUSE AND IN THE SENATE AND
WONDERING WHEN SOMEONE WILL STEP FORWARD AND REACT TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP THE WAY I OR XI WOULDRY ACT TO A DEMOCRAT DOING THE SAME
THING. DO YOU HAVE ANY CANDIDATES YOU
EXPECT AT SOME POINT TO STIP UP TO THIS CHALLENGE?
>> YEA, I THINK THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT REALLY ARE BEING
PRETTY CLEAR. SENATOR BEN SASSE, FOR EXAMPLE,
HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR. LINDSEY GRAHAM, FROM MY STATE,
HAS BEEN CLEAR, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE TWEETS AND THE DEMEANING OF
THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY AND THE DEMEANING OF THE COUNTRY BY
THOSE TWEETS. AND SO I WOULD EXPECT PEOPLE
LIKE THAT TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF INDEPENDENT NERVE AND SOME
REAL RESPECT FOR THE OFFICE AND RESPECT FOR THE PROCESS TO STEP
FORWARD. >> QUICKLY BEFORE WE GO.
WHAT KIND OF REACTION HAVE YOU GOTTEN FROM YOUR FORMER
COLLEAGUES FOR TAKING THIS POSITION?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT SOME OF THEM ARE VERY GRATEFUL.
IN OTHER WORDS, THAT SOMEBODY IS OUT THERE SAYING SOMETHING THAT
DOESN'T FACE THE 38%. I GOT TO ADMIT, YOU KNOW, IT'S
EASY FOR ME TO SAY THESE THINGS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SHOT THROUGH
BY THE 38%. SO HAVING BEEN KILLED BY THEM,
YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HURT ANYMORE, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND
SHOOT AWAY.
THERE'S SOME REAL LIBERTY IN THAT, BUT I HOPE THAT THOSE THAT
ARE IN ELECTED OFFICE WILL EVENTUALLY SHOW THAT KIND OF

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