Did She Blow the Big Surprise? Why Are Democrats ‘Livid’ at Rashida Tlaib?
Freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) went on the warpath last night. Concerning President Trump, she was quite clear what she wants to do. She wants to go in and “impeach the motherf**ker.” The media tried to ask her questions today about the remarks, she declined. From her social media posts, it looks like she has zero intention of apologizing. And why should she? She’s part of the progressive left, they want Trump gone, and she was honest about it. It’s absurd. It’s crude. It’s not going to happen. It’s all of those things, but at least someone was honest about what they wanted to do. Well, apparently, House Democrats are “livid” at Tlaib (via Politico):
House Democrats are furious that an incoming freshman’s expletive-riddled statement about impeaching Donald Trump has suddenly upended their carefully crafted rhetoric on their plans to take on the president.
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Rank-and-file Democrats, immediately fearful of the damage the comment could cause, unloaded on their new colleague Friday morning. Republicans, they argued, would hold it up as proof that Democrats are playing politics rather than pursuing genuine oversight of the president — even if the GOP never showed interest in investigating Trump scandals while it was in power.
“Mueller hasn’t even produced his report yet!” said Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.), referring to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. “People should cool their jets a little bit, let the prosecutors do their job and finish the investigation.”
“Inappropriate,” added Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.). “As elected officials I think we should be expected to set a high bar… It’s not helpful.”
It seems to escape Rashida Tlaib that her excuse for her profanity (#unapologeticallyMe) is exactly Trump's approach–and one of the Democrats' biggest complaints about him.
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) January 4, 2019
"It's a legitimate discussion to have." — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told me about impeachment.
"I'm not comfortable .. making that kind of leap," says Rep. DeFazio, saying wait for Mueller report first. pic.twitter.com/qDL6bnDaYR
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 4, 2019
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