Today on AirTalk, we're joined by Rep. Adam Schiff and our panel of political analysts to breakdown the historic impeachment vote and what's to come in the process. Also on the show, we talk to DNC Chair Tom Perez ahead of tonight's sixth Democratic debate.
Adam Schiff On Impeachment Of Trump, Plus Analysis And Where We Go From Here
President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday night, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the Constitution’s ultimate remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors.
The historic vote split along party lines, much the way it has divided the nation, over a charge that the 45th president abused the power of his office by enlisting a foreign government to investigate a political rival ahead of the 2020 election. The House then approved a second charge, that he obstructed Congress in its investigation. The articles of impeachment, the political equivalent of an indictment, now go to the Senate for trial. If Trump is acquitted by the Republican-led chamber, as expected, he still would have to run for reelection carrying the enduring stain of impeachment on his purposely disruptive presidency. The process is far from over though. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff joins Larry on AirTalk to react to the historic vote. Plus legal and political analysts weigh in on where the process is at and where we go from here.
With files from the Associated Press
Guests:
Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee; Democratic Congressman representing California’s 28 Congressional District, which includes Burbank, parts of Pasadena, and Glendale; he tweets
Michael Isikoff, chief investigative correspondent with Yahoo News, he covered the Clinton impeachment process, he’s the co-author of “Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump” (2018); he tweets
Laura Litvan, U.S. Senate reporter for Bloomberg News; she tweets
John Malcolm, vice president of the Institute for Constitutional Government and director of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
Pratheepan Gulasekaram, professor of law at Santa Clara Law, where he specializes in constitutional and immigration law
Sean T. Walsh, Republican political analyst and partner at Wilson Walsh Consulting in San Francisco; he is a former adviser to California Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and a former White House staffer for Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush
Nomiki Konst, founding member and board director of the newly launched PAC, Matriarch, which aims to help progressive working class women run for office; former member of the DNC Unity Reform Commission, which worked to increase participation in the Democratic Party and reform the presidential primary process; former Bernie Sanders surrogate in 2016; she tweets @NomikiKonst
Jack Pitney, professor of politics at Claremont McKenna College; he tweets
Special Interview With DNC Chair Tom Perez And A Look Ahead To Tonight’s Dem Debate
Seven Democratic candidates meet Thursday night at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles for the sixth debate of the year. It comes on the heels of a historic House vote to impeach President Donald Trump.
The debate almost didn’t come together when several top candidates threatened to skip out on it due to a labor dispute and planned picketing. According to the Los Angeles Times, Unite Here Local 11, which represents food service workers at the center of the dispute, has said the workers came to a tentative agreement with contractor Sodexo. So, the debate is happening. Presidential candidates taking the stage tonight include Joe Bide, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang. According to Vox, nine of the candidates running for office penned a letter encouraging the Democratic National Committee to relax qualification requirements for the debates in order to enhance diversity. Sen. Cory Booker, who didn’t qualify for the sixth debate at LMU, led the request.
Today on AirTalk, DNC Chairman Tom Perez sits down with Larry to discuss the latest happenings within the Democratic party and what to expect ahead of the debate. Plus our political analysts join the conversation to share their perspective on what’s to come.
Guests:
Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee and former U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Obama (2013-2017); he was also the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights from 2009-2013 and tweets
Sean T. Walsh, Republican political analyst and partner at Wilson Walsh Consulting in San Francisco; he is a former adviser to California Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and a former White House staffer for Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush
Nomiki Konst, founding member and board director of the newly launched PAC, Matriarch, which aims to help progressive working class women run for office; former member of the DNC Unity Reform Commission, which worked to increase participation in the Democratic Party and reform the presidential primary process; former Bernie Sanders surrogate in 2016; she tweets @NomikiKonst
Jack Pitney, professor of politics at Claremont McKenna College; he tweets