WATCH: Ted Cruz Sums Up First Day Of Impeachment Trial With ‘Old Saying,’ Offers Prediction

The Senate impeachment trial kicked off Tuesday with all the predicted fireworks, including Democratic allegations of a “cover up” by Republicans, dire declarations from the impeachment managers and bruising rebukes by the president’s legal team. Amid all the Capitol Hill commotion, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) stepped in front of cameras to provide a succinct summary of the day Democrats have long anticipated, and threw in a prediction for good measure.

The opening arguments of the Democratic impeachment managers, headed up by House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA), said Cruz, are best summarized by an “old saying.”