Representative David Price said that Trump's actions leading up to the election were "out of bounds." His attempts to overturn the election results and urge armed supporters to invade the Capitol were unthinkable, he said. "The result is this extraordinary impeachment," Price said.
WAY. BY NEXT WEEK, 20,000 TROOPS WILL BE IN PLACE. >>> NORTH CAROLINA LAWMAKERS RESPOND TO THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AND WE ARE JOINED NOW BY THE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID PRICE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THIS IS THE FIRST IMPEACHMENT PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN A BIPARTISAN EFFORT AND WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU THINK IT SENDS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP? >> THAT THE ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW THE ELECTION IS OUT OF BOUNDS AND IS NOT ACCEPTABLE . THE ARMED INSURRECTION OF COURSE WAS THE LAST STRAW THAT TIPPED THE BALANCE HERE FOR A LOT OF MEMBERS. THE ENTIRE EFFORT TO DENY THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION AND TO PERPETRATE THE BIG LIE TO TRY TO GET ELECTION OFFICIALS TO CHANGE THE RESULTS AND TO PUT PRESSURE ON MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO REJECT THE ELECTORAL VOTES. AND THEN TO CAP IT OFF TO URGE ARMED SUPPORTERS, A MOB, TO INVADE THE U.S. CAPITOL TO KEEP HIM IN OFFICE. THAT IS THE SORT OF THING THAT WE HAVE NOT GOT THAT WAS POSSIBLE IN THIS COUNTRY. DONALD TRUMP DID IT. THE RESULT IS THIS EXTRAORDINARY IMPEACHMENT, WHICH AS YOU SAY, RECEIVED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND MIGHT VERY WELL MOVE TO CONVICTION IN THE SENATE. >> DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE CONVICTED IN THE SENATE? >> I AM NOT GOING TO PREDICT. YOU CERTAINLY SHOULD BE. IF THERE IS ANY OFFENSE THAT IS IMPEACHABLE, THIS IS IT. IT IS A VERY OPEN AND SHUT CASE. THAT IS NOT TO SAY EVERYBODY SEES IT THAT WAY. WE HAD TOO MANY IN NORTH CAROLINA WHO WERE WILLING TO GO ALONG WITH THE BIG LIE AND TO DENY THE ELECTORAL VOTES IN THE STATES WHERE THEY HAD BEEN COUNTED AND HELD UP IN COURT. IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY YESTERDAY. >> I DO WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT. HOW DOES THIS IMPACT YOUR PSYCHE ? HOW DOES IT FEEL? >> IMPEACHMENT IS OF COURSE A MAJOR THING. IT IS A VERY SOMBER UNDERTAKING . THE MOOD WAS VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THAT PEOPLE WHO WATCH THIS COULD PICK THAT UP. THE PARTISAN DIVISION YESTERDAY WAS NOT NEARLY AS SHARP. IT WAS NOT JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THE 10 VOTES. THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER WAS SAYING ACKNOWLEDGING IN THE FIRST IMPEACHMENT WHERE TRUMP HAD TRIED TO EXTORT THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY WRONGDOING . THERE WAS YESTERDAY. PLENTY OF INDICATION. SO IT WAS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT ALL AROUND THAT THIS PRESIDENT HAD COMMITTED SINS AGAINST THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER. >> WE CAN ALL FEEL THE GRAVITY
