Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday night said the House did the "right thing" when a majority voted to impeach President Trump.

"Today is a sad but necessary day for American democracy," he said in a video posted on Twitter. Everyone needs to remember that "no individual in this country, certainly not the president of the United States, is above the law, is above the Constitution."

Sanders is a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and he said he's running not just to enact policies that represent working families, but also to "change the way the presidency functions. And that is, we cannot continue having a pathological liar in the White House. We need somebody who is honest with the American people. ... We need a whole new direction in the White House." Catherine Garcia