BURSTPresident Trump said that Republicans should start to think about expelling Democrats who file articles of impeachment against him from Congress, railing against two members who backed a recent resolution against him.
“The Democrats are really out of control. They have lost everything, especially their minds! These Radical Left Lunatics are into the ‘Impeachment thing’ again," Trump wrote late Thursday on Truth Social. "They have already got two ‘No Name,’ little respected Congressmen, total Whackjobs both, throwing the ‘Impeachment’ of DONALD J. TRUMP around, for about the 20th time, even though they have no idea for what I would be Impeached."
“Maybe it should be for cleaning up the MESS that they left us on the Border, or the Highest Inflation in our Country’s History or, perhaps, it should be the incompetent Withdrawal from Afghanistan, or Russia, Russia, Russia/Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine, or the Attack of Israel on October 7th that only proceeded because they allowed Iran to regain Great Wealth," he continued in the post.
The president added, These Congressmen stated that, they didn’t know why they would Impeach me but, 'We just want to do it.' The Republicans should start to think about expelling them from Congress for all of the crimes that they have committed, especially around Election time(s).”
His criticism comes just days after Michigan Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar earlier this week announced that he had filed articles of impeachment. Thanedar said he was introducing seven articles of impeachment against Trump for various actions, including the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly sent to El Salvador, and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cutting funds without congressional approval.
There is one co-sponsor of the impeachment resolution — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) — who signed on to the measure Tuesday.
Trump, in his Thursday post, continued to criticize Democrats over impeachment, calling them “dishonest” and using the “same playbook” from the first term when the House impeached Trump twice. He was acquitted by the Senate in both instances.
“These are total LOWLIFES, who hate our Country, and everything it stands for," he continued. "Perhaps we should start playing this game on them, and expel Democrats for the many crimes that they have committed — And these are REAL crimes. Remember, ‘Shifty’ Adam Schiff demanded a Pardon, and they had to use the power of the Auto Pen, and a Full Pardon, for him and the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, to save them from Expulsion, and probably worse!”
Three House Democrats this week asked to be removed as co-sponsors of the resolution to impeach Trump— Reps. Kweisi Mfume (Md.), Robin Kelly (Ill.) and Jerry Nadler (N.Y.), who had initially signed on, went to the House floor to ask to be removed and the House clerk granted the request.
The articles of impeachment are unlikely to go anywhere in the GOP-controlled House. The House votes on whether to impeach a president, while the Senate votes on whether to convict a president.
In the Senate, where the GOP also has a majority, a two-thirds majority is needed to win a conviction.