Pat Fallon

Mr. FALLON

Mr. FALLON. Madam Speaker, last summer, the antifa and BLM riots swept all over our country. Cities were burned, businesses destroyed, and lives violently stolen. And it wasn't just for an afternoon, like those horrible hours we had on January 6; but rather, they went for weeks and, in some cases, even months. So if there is any silver lining in this dark cloud, it is that our friends from across the aisle have come to realize that riots are bad. We conservatives have known this all along. This snap impeachment is a sham and it didn't go through the Committee on the Judiciary. It is not even about the President's actual words, but it is about how our Democratic colleagues want to interpret his words and fashion a particular meaning to them. Now, this is just political grandstanding at its worst. The American people desperately want us to move on and tackle the issues and find solutions to them forthwith. Madam Speaker, let's end this obsession and charade and let's get to work.

Mr. FALLON

Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak against this resolution. I am at a loss. I can't believe the very first time that I have the honor and privilege to address this august Chamber is to talk about removing the President of the United States because he held a permitted, legal, and peaceful rally. It is nothing but a wasteful political grandstand. Let's make no mistake: January 6 was a dark day in our esteemed Nation's history. It was a dark and sad day. On the afternoon of January 6, a mob breached our sacred Capitol. Donald Trump didn't. A mob destroyed property and vandalized historic treasures and ran amuck on these grounds, but Donald Trump didn't. A mob committed despicable, evil actions of violence against fellow Americans, but Donald Trump didn't. In fact, Donald Trump urged and, in fact, he demanded peaceful dissent and nothing more. Our colleagues on the other side of the aisle want us to unnecessarily remove a President when we are measuring the time he has left, not in years, months, weeks, or days--he has got 182 hours left in office. You don't achieve unity by simply saying it. You achieve unity through actions. This resolution accomplishes not unity but, rather, is a waste of time, and fosters further divisiveness. I am going to vote ``no'' on this resolution.