GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer: Illegitimate Impeachment Probe Will ‘Rip this Country Apart’

Appearing Thursday on KVLY-TV’s Point of View with Chris Berg, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) criticized the House Democrats’ impeachment probe against President Donald Trump as illegitimate and warned it will “rip this country apart.” A partial transcript is as follows: CHRIS BERG: From the Fox News poll, in July 2019, 42 percent of the people who they polled said President Trump should be impeached. Now it’s at 51 percent saying that President Trump should be impeached and removed from office. What say you? SEN. KEVIN CRAMER: I say let’s see where the facts lead, but this is not a legitimate impeachment inquiry. This is unprecedented and not just a political process, it is a partisan political process that’s completely void of any due process. And in our system, you are entitled to due process. This is a circumstance where the accuser gets to remain anonymous and the accused gets to remain defenseless.-- More...