Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Sunday said House Democrats did an “incredibly poor job of building’” an impeachment case against former President Donald Trump, noting that “in the Soviet Union you would have called it a show trial.”
In an interview on NBC News’ “Meet The Press,” Cassidy said “process is important when it comes to justice.”
“The House did an incredibly poor job of building a case before their impeachment vote,” he said. “The president wasn't there. He wasn't allowed counsel. They didn't amass evidence. In five hours they judged … and, boom, he's impeached.”
“I’m told under the Watergate, the Clinton impeachments, there are truckloads of information,” he continued. “Here there was a video. There was no process. If it happened in the Soviet Union, you would have called it a show trial.”
“There's no defensible process there,” he added. “Hopefully they'll build a case and bring it to us. Again, process is important and we have to see the process played out and the president should have his counsel. That's the way the system works.”
Cassidy also praised the GOP on its proposed COVID-19 relief package, lamenting Democrats are refusing to budge to come to an agreement.
“I am absolutely willing to work with anyone if it's good for the American people, because that's what we should all be about,” Cassidy said. “We have conservative solutions. The more conservative values infuse public policy, I think the better public policy is. On the other hand, the [Biden] administration is showing they don't care if they have to work with us. They're willing to push things through… It takes two to tango. Right now I'm not sure we have the two to tango.
According to Cassidy, the GOP is now at a crossroads that will affect the next election.
“Our party right now is being trialed by fire,” he said. “We win if we speak to the families sitting around the table, who see their jobs on the Keystone pipeline canceled by the left, not because it lowers greenhouse emissions… but because it's symbolism and their cannon fodder on the war on climate change.
“If we speak to them in a way that speaks to their concerns, which, by the way, also lowers greenhouse gas emissions, we win the next election.”
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