The House of Representatives this morning began formal debate on articles of impeachment against President Trump. Sadly, Democrats on the House floor, led by Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, kept repeating the same bad arguments that conflate their political case against the president with criminal allegations.

McGovern led the way with a lofty but empty soliloquy lambasting the president. He said the debate over impeachment would determine “what a nation defined by the rule of law will tolerate” and “whether America is a nation where no one is above the law.” He continued, “If [Trump’s withholding of Ukraine aid] is not impeachable conduct… then I don’t know what is.”