Rep. Francis Rooney, who was the first House Republican to say he was open to consider voting to impeach President Donald Trump, announced his retirement on Saturday
Rep. Francis Rooney , who was the first House Republican to say he was open to consider voting to impeach President Donald Trump, announced his retirement on Saturday.
"I thought the idea was you do your public service and left, you accomplish what you want to accomplish and I'm also tired of the intense partisanship that stops us from accomplishing what needs to be solved," Rooney said on Fox News.Rooney on Friday told CNN he couldn't rule out the possibility that the president committed an impeachable offense in his dealings with Ukrainian officials.
“Everybody that can bring any information to the table ought to testify, so that some huge mistake is not inadvertently made,” Rooney told POLITICO. “I’d like to see any evidence that needs to be adduced brought up and made available to people.”
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