Republican caught in bait-and-switch live on House floor

Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) was busted by his colleague Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) as he tried to defend the impeachment process against President Joe Biden — using his own words from five years ago when the shoe was on the other foot.

"Chairman Green, I have an editorial here that I want to enter into the record," said Neguse. "The title is, 'Americans are the victims of the impeachment inquiry.' It's an opinion piece. The subtitle is, 'A lot of bipartisan legislation that enjoys widespread support sits gathering dust while Congress focuses on the impeachment inquiry.' I assume you disagree with this?"

"I do," said Green.

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"You do?" said Neguse. "It's interesting. These are your words. This is an editorial that you wrote five years ago, during the debate about the impeachment of former President Trump. It's written by Mark Green, guest columnist in The Tennessean. Local newspaper, I take it, in your state?"

"It is indeed, Nashville," said Green.

"It's fascinating to me that you changed your tune," said Neguse.

The 2019 impeachment of Trump focused on his efforts to threaten the withholding of Ukrainian defense spending to extort that country's president into announcing an investigation of the Biden family. The GOP is currently using its impeachment probe to try to find evidence that Biden laundered international bribes through his son Hunter's business ventures, which even their own witnesses have said they saw no evidence of.

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