Former Vice Pres. Joe Biden on impeachment trial: 'I find this defense absolutely astounding. 'Yeah, he did it, but it doesn't matter.' I mean, George Washington is rolling over in his grave,' he tells ABC News' GStephanopoulos.
"I find this defense astounding. 'Yeah, he did it, but it doesn't matter.' I mean, George Washington is rolling over in his grave," Biden told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopolous.When pressed over comments he made during the 1999 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton warning against impeachment votes along party lines, Biden pushed back, saying the facts make it clear that Trump has violated the Constitution.
With the Iowa caucuses only three days away, Biden acknowledged he is neck and neck in recent polling with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, seeming to manage expectations with the unpredictable race Despite the uncertainty, Biden said he’s"feeling good" about the race in Iowa, and his chances in other states as well.
“Look, Bernie is a Democrat. Bernie is -- he calls himself a Democratic socialist we have a different view on a lot of things. He's a decent guy. That wasn't the question. The question is, whether or not who is best prepared on day one to try to reunite this party and the country as well as stand on the world stage and reassert our role in the world,” Biden said.
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