Bernie Sanders says impeaching 'pathological liar' Trump was 'sad but necessary'

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last updated 19 December 2019

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday night said the House did the "right thing" when a majority voted to impeach President Trump.

"Today is a sad but necessary day for American democracy," he said in a video posted on Twitter. Everyone needs to remember that "no individual in this country, certainly not the president of the United States, is above the law, is above the Constitution."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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