Heather Cox Richardson, speaking about the execution of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis today:
"23 people could stop this if they wanted to."
(Transcript excerpt)
27:05
But here's the other, and this is the reason that I am so angry.
27:12
You've heard me say this a lot. The Republicans could stop this tonight
27:20
if they wanted to. Elected Republicans could stop this
27:27
tonight if they wanted to.
27:32
And here's the thing. You know how many Republicans that would take?
27:38
16 Republicans. 16 Republicans voting with the Democrats.
27:45
This is a country of 340 million people. 16 people could stop this. And you could
27:55
actually impeach and remove Trump with 23.
28:00
23 people could stop this if they wanted to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r8fI8DhI0o
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