'History has its eyes on us,' Booker said on ABC News. 'How are we going to operate?'
The two Democratic senators referred to the upcoming impeachment trial of the president, which is scheduled to begin this Tuesday. Trump was impeached on December 18 by the House of Representatives over a phone call he made in July in which he asked the Ukrainian government to conduct an investigation into Trump's political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
"History has its eyes on us," Booker said."How are we going to operate? We cannot cave to partisanship and tribalism that's destroying our nation. In this moment, we've got to let our highest selves come through and sit in those seats and uphold the oath we all just swore last week and do right by our nation to ensure that this democracy endures."
"We know the president has refused to provide documentation beyond the July 25th telephone memo," he said,"and he's refused to provide basic witness, who actually heard what happened on that conversation."
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