Henry Cuellar: “This impeachment is just a distraction.”

“I'm saying this to the Republicans. The Republicans might disagree with the policy, but this doesn't rise to a high misdemeanor, a treason felony. It doesn't do that. And so This impeachment is just a distraction. I think what we ought to do is if we're going to spend our time, let's look at what policy changes we need to address. Where do we put the funding to address this?” (00:21–00:25)

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