Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., says President Donald Trump shouldn’t mention his impeachment during his “State of the Union” address on Tuesday.
In an interview with NBC News’ “Meet The Press” airing Sunday, Alexander — whose vote against adding witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial helped ensure a vote this week to acquit the president — said Trump should put the issue behind him.
“What I hope he would do is when he makes his State of the Union address, that he puts this completely behind him, never mentions it, and talks about what he thinks he's done for the country and where we're headed,” Alexander said.
“He's got a pretty good story to tell if he'll focus on it."
The retiring senator also stressed that he believes Trump held up aid to Ukraine in order to influence an investigation of Joe Biden, but can’t determine if the president regrets it.
"I wasn't asked to decide -- assess his level of regret,” he said. “I was asked, ‘Did he make a phone call? And did he, at least in part, hold up aid in order to influence an investigation of Joe Biden?’ I concluded yes. So I don’t need to assess his level of regret.”
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