Rubio: Dems Spent Time ‘Convincing Us What I Already Knew’ — but Impeachment Is Not the Right Remedy

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) says the House impeachment managers have spent time “convincing” senators of facts about the level of violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 that they already knew.

During an appearance on “Fox & Friends” on Thursday, Rubio addressed the Democrats’ arguments in the impeachment trial, “They spent a lot of time yesterday convincing us what I already knew and believed.”

“And that is that the attack on Jan. 6 was outrageous, criminal, deadly, it could have been far worse, I knew that as well,” he continued.

However, he said the issue being debated is whether the impeachment and conviction of former President Donald Trump is the proper response to the violence at the Capitol.

“My answer to that is no,” he said.

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House Democrats are arguing in the Senate’s impeachment trial that Trump incited the violence by claiming for weeks that the presidential election was stolen from him.

They also point to his comments at a rally in Washington, D.C., shortly before his supporters stormed the Capitol, where he suggested that they march to the building.

Rubio has previously decried the push for impeachment as he claimed it would further inflame tensions in the country.

“We already have a flaming fire in this country, and it’s like taking a bunch of gasoline and pouring it on top of the fire,” he told Fox News’ Chris Wallace in January.