battle for bethlehem continues. ♪ ♪ ♪. pete: welcome to modern warriors, i'm your host pete hegseth. thanks for joining us. this is night i've been looking forward to for a long time. sitting next to me are the best of the best our country has to offer. four accomplished special operators and patriot who put their life on the line to defend your great country. >> two states you're live in. you're either at war or getting ready to back. >> >> lieutenant colonel scott mann, four tours of afghanistan under his belt. he specialized in high impact missions all over the world with iraq, peru, panama and iraq. he last out, of a green beret,

hero's journey to help vets tell their story and transition to civilian life. >> you're going out there every single night knowing you're facing eminent threat. pete: former cia contractor matt best, joined the army at 17 years old. deployed five times to iraq and afghanistan after leaving the rangers he continued service working with the cia as contractor deployed around the world. co-founder of article 15 clothing and black rifle coffee. he helps with addiction treatment and boot camp campaign organization for families. >> we are the greatest country in the world. pete: former seal team six member, killed osama bin laden rob o'neill. he deployed over dozen times participating in 100 combat missions. has two silver stars and four bronze stars with valor to name a few. his charity, grateful nation,

assists special on vets transitioning to the next career. >> no matter what the situation i was in this past year, as truss straighting and tragic as it was, it will not take away how i feel about being a veteran and how i feel about our military. that flag does stand for strength. we're never going to back down. pete: navy seal chief, eddie gallagher. highly decorated war hero. navy achieve man medal and silver star for valor. chief gallagher was found not guilty charged with mistreating a isis terrorist. ness years of service, 8 combat tours resulted in dozens of tears rifts killed or capture. we'll discuss the big issues tonight. high-stakes raids, culture of our most elite military teams. the current state of our wars, that are not over.

divisiveness in our country here at home, and what it means to be a veteran in america today. thanks for being here. great to have you. what a fantastic group. i have really been looking forward to this for quite some time. just so happens recently, guys like you, special operators, we have all special operators, navy seals well-represented here, army rangers and green berets. our country came together to celebrate al-baghdadi is dead. i would be remiss if i didn't take the audience inside of the team room as you're planning for a operation like this. so few people ever do that. rob, start with you, for obvious reasons. what are you thinking, what are you preparing for? >> obviously i wasn't there for this one but i was on one, on one that went into pakistan where we thought the chance of dying were pretty high. i know these guys went in there knowing a fight is coming the chances of coming back are pretty good.

not all of them. maybe some of them. one of the situations where you have the plan, you know what could happen. potentially all the contingencies. instead after handshake you get a hug from your brothers ready to launch. no one is panicking. saying you're not scared you're lying. what an opportunity to go after this guy, to into fly with all your brothers into syria for head of isis. i'm get goosebumps. word i get they did outstanding job from the walls to the tunnels. i can hear the heavy metal music playing in the team room. couple hugs, pat on the backs, let's go boys. pete: is that what it is? what the is team room like before something like that? how are you preparing? >> very similar what you're already doing. the stakes are little higher. we got super amped up about that. we practice and do our job, why we signed up for the military, rid the world of terrorists that want to kill my family.

people are amped up in the team room and ready to get it on. that is phenomenal. those guys are here reese we should be in reverent for them. >> all the rehearsals you do, days and days of work that go into the on, especially on like that before they actually launch and go do it. >> two things come to my mind. one absolute humility of these operators. it never ceases to amaze me all the years i was around these nice just how how many bell they really are. just how committed they are to the work. the second thing is the relationship they have to practice. the hours and hours and hours that geese -- these guys and their brothers did this for the time to come. people don't understand the number of quality reps go into that moment. >> something to take into consideration with that, think about the unit that was out there. those guys go after terrorist they know will either try to kill them or kill himself. pure heroism there.

the american public should look at those guys, all those units of special operations be thankful they are on our team. pete: absolutely. what is it about the training that allows guys to do that? >> i would look at guys senior to me on targets dangerous. they didn't seem worried. they were pour raying calm. i was thinking i want to be as cool as him. i will start doing that. you learn by watching him. the guys up behind you are watching you. it is humility and professionalism the plan will not happen, everything will go to hell when you get there. just the preparation that gets you through it. there is such a cool factor. looking how cool my guys are. you walk out, here the whine of the engines, like, chicks dig us, man. pete: [laughter]. is there, especially you, rob. >> no, no. pete: but is it their moment, is it in the helicopter? is it in the team room before? is it when you realize you're touching down?

is it moment when the switch flips. >> two minutes out when the door opens. >> once you're on target, get the one minute out call, know you're hitting the x, straight on mode. >> you cross the mission decision line. >> it is go time. pete: what is going through your head? >> you're thinking about the mission itself. that is all, i can't speak for every operator but i know when i go out, mission all i'm thinking about, what i have to do to protect my brothers to the right and left. before i go on the mission i put everything else out of my head, my family. you have to put that in the back of your mind. you can't have anything that will distract you while you're on the on and compromise your brother's life. that is who you're there for. >> orientation on the ground. which building is my team hitting and how do we get there? just let the tactics take it. because everything changes. you get dropped off in the wrong spot. get over it. >> what could go wrong will go wrong, usually. >> anything you can get i kill including nothing. pete: what about the factor,

baghdadi wearing suicide vests, his wives wear suicide -- that is whole another variable. how do you plan to for people that ready to blow themselves? >> you plan to get injured. that is part of the courageous part of what these guys do. you're going out there every single night, facing an imminent threat. i look at special operations similar to sports team. you have a plan about, you the plan never foes according and you have to call audibles on target. make a game-changing play. i'm sure that happened that night. pete: you're right. i want to go to the sports analogy of the locker room, when you leave the locker room, throwing balls and strikes. >> stakes are higher. >> those are the risks that you accept. you're talking about with the suicide vest going on target. we train how to deal with a guy with a suicide vest but, in the end, there are definitely risks that are taken. yeah, you're going to have to possibly give your life you

know, to get the job done. pete: the buys who, pound their chest the most from the enemy, propaganda videos, when it comes to the barrel of a rifle, i'm an american special rate tore are they cowardly or fight? >> the leaders are good sending other guys to their deaths. it doesn't affect them. if they send them to martyr themselves they get a piece of it. when it comes down to their own lives they're cowards. even midlevel leaders they're cowardly at the end. >> by the same token a lot of work our sf guys did in rural afghanistan going against hardcore taliban insurgents, the guys were good, they were good and they put up a hell of a fight and, had a lot of respect. pete: there are elements you come up to, obviously have a healthy respect for? >> there is hardened fighters out there. >> in afghanistan mainly. the foreign fighters in iraq,

killing people with their hands tied behind their backs, blowing people up. the taliban have been fighting there forever there are elements i have respect for. more high threat level going after in afghanistan. pete: absolutely. much more to talk about. when we talk about a team, and the units that you operate in, there has been some criticism. on the other side of this break we'll talk about it. we'll talk about something these guys know about, as i mentioned the current culture within our most elite units, what it is like to be a warrior when politics gets involved as it always does. eddie is laughing. if you're enjoying this conversation, check out the extended version of this over at fox nation right now. we'll be right back. ♪.

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♪. pete: welcome back. recently the current culture within the teams of our special operator communities has been under fire. i want to ask this group right here, if it is warranted. eddie, i will start with you. in august commander of naval special warfare command says the force drifted from navy core values of honor. so there have been some accusations at the seal community, hey, you guys are not

just that disciplined anymore. what do you say to that criticism? >> i say that is completely wrong. there is no culture problem or ethics problem in the seal community. we are some of the most professional, determined individuals fighting for this situation. i do think that there is certain entities like "the new york times," cnn, who report on any little negative thing they can find on the seal community and put that out there and, there are people in the community, mistakes are made, that has been going on since the beginning of the military but no, i don't think there is a culture or ethics problems. pete: the reports are out there. of course the leadership of the navy is then pressured and it rolls -- >> yes. pete: is that a cycle that is happening? >> i believe so, yeah. at this current time. when you have, certain leaders who, you know, come out with that statement saying we have a problem. then their only solution is to,

do uniform and grooming standards, you're not really bringing anything to the table or any solutions. pete: so are haircuts the answer? >> the answer here was, like room inspections and haircut and uniform inspections things like that. all that is going to do is lower morale and hurt recruiting. i mean some of the guys were doing bad stuff, i mean there is no excuse for that, but instead of blasting it out to the media, handle it internally. there is a way to do it. a couple of bad eggs making entire community look bad. i don't know the culture doing it. there is bad stuff in virginia beach. there is bad stuff overseas. maybe people got complacent, seal teams have so many successes. done so well. pete: they brought an entire seal team home early? >> they fired the command master chief who i went to seal training chief with, 30 year mark, almost retire. what does it do to him personally? you have to think about that

couple e-5s affect this guy's life? >> putting that command master chief's name out to the public. >> never wanted it out there. >> he never wanted it out there. he is a legend. >> seeing it across the formation of special-ops. we have similar issues in the special forces community. one of the things i always caution, let's not forget we've been at war for 18 year, right? three times longer than world war ii. the preponderance effort being put forth by the special operations community and 99.9% of it is good. >> absolutely. even for our congress to even, you know opine there is morality problem in the soft formation, that is laughable. you know to me, that that accusation would even be leveled. i think what we need to do is take a deeper look at the operational tempo we're running these folks. take each case individually but to put out there that there is morality problem in the special operations formation i think is ludicrous. >> they're broad brushing everything.

they're all immoral. pete: talking about honor too. basically saying honor is gone. >> it is ridiculous. if there is one bad apple in the bunch doesn't mean everybody is bad. these men and women raised their right hand to serve our country in hardest way possible and ridiculous statement. absolutely ridiculous. >> some people treat it like a talking point instead of someone's lives affected. pete: politics always comes into play. "new york times" said you had a reputation as a pirate, more interested in fighting terrorists than adhering the rules. would you take that almost as a compliment? >> yeah. i am interested in fighting terrorists and i enjoyed doing it. i definitely adhere to the rules though. i wouldn't consider myself some, you know, off the wall pirate that does whatever i want. yes, do i enjoy going overseas and fighting the nation's enemies? yeah, he is correct. if that is his version of a pirate i'll take it. you know. >> someone say that statement. that is crazy.

i just med eddie today i'm thankful a guy enjoys going to protect his country at highest level possible. how phenomenal individuals will step up and risk life, limb, and defend the homeland. brilliant. >> i would be a pirate now. pete: eddie, you've, you've been in the middle of, you effectively had guys on your own team at some level turn on you. is there a culture inside of the seals of the way they view the battlefield that is different? >> no. i know that has been thrown out there a lot with the whole millenial issue. i do believe these guys are joining now knowing full well they're going into battle. i mean, i joined back in '99. there really wasn't a war going on back then. these guys are, joining when we're actually in a war. so i think that says a lot about them. as far as you know these small group of individuals that,

decided to concoct this story, you know, when you live with individuals for two years, you know, there is certain personalities that do not get along. that happens every deployment i've been on. you know, there is always personality issues. these guys took it a little too far. made up a story to try to ruin my reputation and when "ncis" got involved it went off the rails. but know -- pete: "ncis" is not like the tv show, is it? >> not at all. >> that is part of the problem. tv show makes them look cool. they're not. pete: what does it do to morale, the idea you spent 17 years or 19 years fighting for our country. at a moment's notice ire your command or someone else turns on you and now you're in the bringing? >> scariest situation the effect it has on actual operators right now serving overseas. they're watching what happened to me, the whole knee-jerk

reaction, guilty until proven innocent. i don't want them second-guessing themselves to pull that trigger when they need to. >> rules of engagement get so strict that you have a marine out there who is worried about stepping on a landmine, getting in a gunfight initial is if i get in a gunfight and i shoot back will i be in trouble? rules of engagement typed up, someone shooting at them, that will give themselves a sense of this is dangerous. >> that is good point. politics get involved whether rules of engagement. people making policies or decisions are not in gun fights every single night. i've seen young rangers get killed because of that. oh, we won't drop ordnance on the building we don't want to be loud in the neighborhood. we're sending young man to knock down the door and they get shot. insanely unfortunate. politics and war is a very scary things. pete: that is great way to end it.

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until may when it comes to the new hbo max. watch the fox business network for the very latest in business and financial news. pete: welcome back. many have criticized the president for pulling out of syria but president trump has doubled down and on his decision saying he has no interest continuing what he calls endless war in the region. nobody better to talk about it, than these guys who have been fighting at times feels like an endless war. i mean islamists declared war on us. we don't get to declare that war over. but when you look at sir, you look at iraq, you look at our footprint, is the president right says maybe it is somebody else's fight? no not to say he is right or wrong but what is to say this is the way we've always done it. we haven't won a war since world war ii. we had the war in afghanistan

won in 2005 but we decided rebuild it. this is not a soldiers job to rebuild schools in places they don't want it. people back here make decisions whether or not you get elected next cycle. rebuilding a nation, democracy you will not instill. it needs from the ground up. afghanistan since alexander the great has been fighting. they want their tribes. they want their valleys. pete: you think this decision is part of an overall learning curve over the last two decades that says we tried to do really big things in this far off place. then you look around, you realize, well, they're still doing things the way they were? they don't want our way of life over there. that is just the bottom line. we went over there. we're trying to americanize these people because, we love our country and we love the way we get to live here. we think in our heads, oh, they will think the same way. we don't want it. >> we live in top down world.

we have central government everything projects from the top down. for first 10 years in afghanistan that is what we tried to project. afghanistan most of these places where terror groups set up shop, they're bottom up societies, tribal, clan, culture is at the epicenter of it. if we try to undo that minimalize that, taliban, al qaeda can drive through that exploit that all day long. i think what we'll have to do, we'll have to understand these places where the bad guys set up shop, we'll have to be there for a long time. we're going to have to work with locals who live there to help fight testimony. pete: what does be there mean? be on a base nearby so we can execute the kind of raids against al-baghdadi? does that mean living in villages? training their forces? when you look at the experience of all these tours, what works? what should we be doing, what should we not be doing? >> we need to educate ourselves more. what i say we need to be smart about being stupid because we need to realize, no matter, your

intentions, if you're in a certain place for a long enough time, you're an invader. they will stop liking -- i remember tracking mud on white carpet in iraq, dry hole, woman and child living there, i looked at mud on carpet. i see why they hate us. what are we doing? it is going to be about education but you need to keep a presence somehow but how, there is a lot of people, i'm not the guy making the decision. i'm fortunate not to be that guy. >> we have depth and breadth in special-ops, they can do amazing surgical strike capability. you have advisors working on local level. we've been doing that in colombia for 50 years. most people don't know we have a presence. if you look the way colombia turned last couple decades, that has to do with long term presence of special-ops. direct action and also advisory. we have that capability. i think as we go forward on this thing, my ask, politicians get to know this enemy and this narrative a little better. get to know our special-ops

capability a little better. and exploit this amazing strike on baghdadi. let's not let another one emerge. >> if you ask most politicians difference between sunni and shia, they couldn't tell you. pete: there in -- >> good thing on that too, you saw when the trump administration came in, how prevalent isis was, right? it is because which were handcuffing guys out there, not letting them strike the way they needed to. we literally turned it over, guys, commanders in tent, what do you have to do, let's go. what happened to isis couple month? pretty much eradicated. pete: that is what president said. >> we knew where they were. we couldn't call airstrikes. they weren't calling airstrikes. to get the hands dirty what the amazing guys can do, as you were saying. >> he is absolutely correct. i just happened to be in mosul when president trump took over in office and the team that we relieved, they were, it was

taking them half hour to call a strike in each time. they would have to go through five different chains of command to drop one hellfire missile. as soon as trump took over, it was a complete 180. i mean, they put all the come and in ioic, tac leads on the ground. we were making the calls. i mean the message was sent to us, annihilate isis, go. pete: you mentioned allies. folks indigenous forces working with on the ground, the kurds. there is a lot made are we abandoning the kurds are we not pursuing different strategy in syria. anybody have a take? >> we left the kurds dry historically in america. from personal experience i lived in kurdistan quite a while. they are amazing, amazing people and our national obligation to insure their safety. they're phenomenal people. they're my brothers. >> local communities, especially against this enemy they serve as really strong anti-body for the

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♪. pete: welcome back to "modern warriors." according to a new georgetown university poll voters are finding political division so bad that they believe the united states is 2/3 of the way to the edge of a civil war. there is no question our country is increasingly divide, especially ahead of the 2020 elections but politics is everywhere today. you didn't sign up because of it but it's a reality. it affects your service. when you look at impeachment, resistance, the president and how democrats and others view him, are these people feeling this way that we're on the verge of a civil war, are they right?

>> what is crazy to me the identity politics in all of it, right? we're casting judgment on someone affiliated with a different political spectrum and just going after them for the sake of with ever entertainment. but for me, how do we have patriotism of september 12th without the tragedy of september 11th? that is what the country needs to go back to and understand that we probably get along more than we think we do. mark twain said being a patriot loving your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. just because you don't agree with someone in office, doesn't mean you can't get along diversity and appreciate it. veterans get along so well because we serve with diversity. i served with every color, race, sexual orientation. we came together as brothers and sisters. there is beautiful takeaway going back to that. instead of saying you're conservative, you're liberal we can't get along. pete: i dare somebody to try to say it better than that.

>> that is good. people get along. america is not at civil war. not the stuff you read at twitter. america picked new mexico, texas, helped people in florida for the hurricane. we're not going to be civil war. pete: what about the idea that you've got kids being raised, they're told they need to be seen by their identity group. >> the only problem this country has, there is no problem. we have so much freedom, so many right, it is like, we have it so good here that people are trying to find stuff to complain about. >> i think a lot of that is leadership. why i'm excited to see number of veterans coming out of service we have. those are great folks to lead us through this. who can see through that identity politics, in and out group behavior and lead us into something bigger you know? >> why we need more veterans in congress. democrats and republicans, veterans will get in the same room to talk. nope, don't like you. >> saying you're a target,

saying i don't like that. >> we got to do something here. >> no kidding. >> people need to chill out you know? love is free and beer is cheap. chill out. chill out. pete: but in the age of donald trump nobody is chilling out. what is it about him? >> i was in the airport obviously in new york yesterday to come here and a woman stopped me and was asking about the raid that killed baghdadi. trump said it was better than the one that killed bin laden. do you hate him, do you hate him? no. why do you hate him? >> he is mean. okay. >> that is progressive way, if it doesn't go their way they complain about it. it is all cast towards president trump. it is not going their way. >> makes him stronger. pete: do they hate him or people or millions of people that voted for him and the way they live what they believe? >> i don't think they know what they hate. if you look at statistics where america has come since he took office, i mean he has been doing a hell of a job you know.

i think, you know, when obama was in office, no, i didn't vote for him. i didn't agree with his, whatever his policies but i didn't go around complaining, this is my president. i'm going to serve the next four or eight years under him. and you know, do what i'm told. hopefully there will be a shift afterwards. nobody was complaining and yelling like these people are doing now. >> i think throwing the civil war stuff around is ridiculous. if you ever been to a country that is in civil war you know -- >> dial it down a little bit. >> that is okay to think your own thoughts, internalize it, think about it, develop your own opinion. don't listen to everybody at your own dinner table, think whatever they think, make it your own. that is not how we create free society. >> amazing americans took down baghdadi, to honor them, have civil discourse how we do things in this country instead of talking civil war? >> we're born and raised in america, the greatest country of all time. relax a little bit. this is awesome.

the land of opportunity. all it requires a little bit after hard work i'm a dumb dude. became successful. i'm serious. i'm a knuckle dragger with a little bit of military experience. >> you did that on 100% looks. high cheekbones. [laughter]. pete: that is a great place to leave it, right? i agree. more vets running for office, would be a very good thing. next on modern warriors we're talking about the importance of giving back. what the transition to civilian life is really like. check out "fox nation" for extended version. we might be playing what which talk about at commercials breaks. which is dicey. >> uh-oh. pete: and funny out takes from these guys.

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♪ ♪. pete: we are back. as we honor our veterans today. we're also forced to look at the difficult transition that we all face when coming back to civilian life. we've experienced the shock of going from the battlefield to back here at home. how do you fulfill that purpose? what is it about that process that is so difficult? what do we need to do, what are we getting wrong? >> i had veterans who have been in combat many, many times, they

rather go back to combat than fill out a resume' because combat makes sense. they don't realize what they're qualified alone. loyalty alone, ability to handle stress, solve problems. give these guys six months, you have the best employee of your life. it's a real. >> for me, when i took the uniform off everything about my identity was wrapped up in that. i left my identity, my purpose in the team room. it nearly killed me. i will be honest. it nearly took me out. it wasn't that i figured out there was a lot of stuff that i did in that world very relevant in this world. that connection to purpose, that connection to our story as warriors is, we've got to keep that. the military doesn't get to keep that. that's ours. pete: eddie, obviously your transition is on going. you plan to be a part of organizations that fight for other guys that are being taken on by our government. >> yeah. so i think that is just like they were saying, it is purpose aspect of it. while you're serving, whether

you do five, 10, 15, 20 years, you have a purpose in the military. it's a, it's an awesome one. you're doing a righteous job and when you get out, the military does a great job of bringing you in, training you up, to go fight the enemy, kill the enemy but they don't do such a great job helping you when you detach. honestly, nor should they. they have been in global war on terror for 20 years. we're now realizing hey, we don't need to depend on the government to take care of us. we looked after each other while we were in, you know. you love your brother while you're in. you look at him. it doesn't matter what branch you're from, or what job you did. i mean, we're all the same. we need to take care of each other, make sure, you know, we're not getting lost out there. pete: that's a big message. we have to look each other in the eyeballs when we get home. >> the way the transition process works we get isolated by

definition of transition. we get detached from our teammates. that is dangerous thing for high performers, to become isolated and detached from your purpose. >> a lot of easier to go to war than send somebody to war. mom, family, wife is thinking worst-case scenario. posttraumatic stress based on sending me. pete: we agreed, your wife andrea is tougher. >> andrea might be the toughest person in your family. >> definitely is. the toughest person i know. i mean through my 20 year career, i deployed over and over and over. she held down the home front while i was gone. it take as special kind of woman, spouse to be able to do that, raise three children. pretty much you're a single mom. i'm gone. 75% of the year, every year. >> my wife molly and my boys, cody, cooper, braiden. they're my heroes. i don't think we say thanks enough to our military families.

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♪. pete: welcome back to "modern warriors." scott i will start with you. what does the flag mean to you? why are you a patriot? >> i was raised that way. a lot of family in service. come from the mountains of western north carolina. about as poor as you can get. but man, just a proud bunch of people and really proud americans. and so, you know for me the flag represent my family, my heritage, culture of service, culture of family, you know, what's great about this country. so every time i see it it is not just my time in the service but all the people that came before me from my family and my

community. pete: excellent. mat? >> america. the flag obviously, it stands for unity and it is very unfortunate in this era, people think that the flag is divisive. it is the complete opposite. it is unifying. you know, one nation under god, all of us can come together, very diverse culture here in america, stand for the greatest country ever in the land of opportunity and really that flag provided me an amazing opportunity to serve my country. i got paid to jump out of planes and helicopters. how cool is that? i was given that opportunity. that is what the flag stands for me. come into business, having opportunity to succeed, chase my dreams. where a lot of other countries it is impossible no matter how hard a worker you are, sit in the social programs. i'm just thankful to be a part of it. >> know your history or doomed to repeat it. reminds me of george washington, betsy ross, 13 colonies, will

beat back the empire that is it going to try to squash them. again war of 1812 too. african-american soldiers fighting civil war with the flag to defeat slavery, to the liberation of europe a couple of times. just unity on september 12th, 2001. it is, it is all of us. we are one country under that flag, the greatest country in the world. pete: amen. >> strength. that is what it means to me. this country, has been through a lot in the past. i mean we still remain the greatest country in the world. that is because, of the people in the united states and i think, that's what that flag represent. i know a lot of operators carry that flag either in their plates or someone on the kit as they go on ops into battle because the flag does stand for strength and we're never going to back down. >> really well-said. guys, thank you so much. what and i amazing opportunity i get to sit here.

america gets to watch, hear who you are as men, patriots, leaders, following through with the service. thank you for spending time tonight. thank you for watching "modern warriors". lou: good evening. president trump energetically rallying enthusiastic supporters in battle creek, michigan and around the country for that matter last night. the democratic party did wait has done for the past three years. the radical dimms and the leftist media concocted more bizarre and sinister narratives. speaker pelosi declared she would hold up articles of impeachment the dimms had passed within senator mitch mcconnell declared nancy pelosi would be afraid to send the shoddy