Congressman Francis Rooney (R-FL) announces support for impeachment inquiry

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BREAKING: GOP Congressman Francis Rooney announces support for impeachment inquiry, citing Mulvaney’s disastrous press conference: “I want to get the facts and do the right thing. Because I’ll be looking at my children a lot longer than I’m looking at anybody in this building.”

3:41 PM - Oct 18, 2019

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The dam could be breaking. Hmmm...

On edit: He's from Florida. He was born in Oklahoma. Apologies.

[Hekate]

1. Kick

[NewJeffCT]

2. so, now that there is a Republican and a former Republican

in Rooney and Amash, we can call it a bipartisan impeachment.

[blaze]

3. Florida. 19th District nt

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5. Whoops. He was born in Oklahoma. I fixed it. Thanks.

[Bradshaw3]

4. That is something

I don't know whether others will follow and there will be some on here who will diminish it. But it sounds like he is looking to his conscience and we can hope that others will do the same.

[fleur-de-lisa]

6. Kick

[OKNancy]

7. Please don't take anything Dworkin says as the absolute truth

He tends to be off a lot.. like the Palmer Report etc.

Here is the CNN video and Daily Beast article

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-rooney-wont-rule-out-impeachment-its-certainly-clear-there-was-quid-pro-quo

This prompted the CNN anchor to press Rooney on the issue of impeachment, noting that he had said it was “very clear” there was a quid pro quo as it relates to Ukraine.

“I don’t know. I want to study it more,” he responded. “I want to hear the next set of testimony next week from a couple more ambassadors. But it’s certainly very, very serious and troubling.”

[spanone]

8. drip...drip...drip...

[IronLionZion]

9. Sweet! Let's get some Senators next

force Moscow Mitch to hold a vote

[SunSeeker]

10. K & R

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11. What an awesome quote n/t

[Skittles]

12. who was it that said look for a lot of "heroes" to come out

don't forget that repukes created this monster

[Hulk]

13. A gop spine is growing in the petri dish

Not at all impressed...the spineless political hacks; but it is a beginning.

[Poiuyt]

14. From CNN:

GOP lawmaker on impeachment: Rep. Francis Rooney, a Republican from Florida, would not rule out the prospects of supporting impeaching the President. He called Mulvaney's acknowledgment about withholding Ukraine aid "troubling," saying it is "not a good thing" to do that in connection "with threatening foreign leaders."

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/impeachment-inquiry-10-18-2019/index.html

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15. Take Dworkin with a grain of salt. I learned the the hard way.

[Flaleftist]

16. From Rooney:

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I am in favor of finding out all of the factual information available in this process that is already underway. I did not endorse an impeachment inquiry.