The comment stirred controversy at the new Congress’ start.
Freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib declared Thursday night that the newly installed Democratic majority in the House will « go in there and impeach the motherf—er, » breaking with party leaders and stirring controversy just hours after officially taking office.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other top Democrats have been largely hesitant to promise President Donald Trump’s impeachment, preferring instead to wait for the results of the ongoing Russia investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller. But Tlaib (D-Mich.) and others in the newly installed House have expressed an eagerness to begin impeachment proceedings even before Mueller issues a final report.
“When your son looks at you and says, ‘Momma look, you won, bullies don’t win,’ and I say ‘Baby they don’t,’ because we’re going to go in there and impeach the motherf—er,” Tlaib said at a party Thursday night. Video of the congresswoman’s remarks was captured and posted to Twitter by user @_NestorRuiz and were reported by journalists from The Washington Post and The Huffington Post.
