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Trump Announces That He Can’t Be Impeached Because He Won ‘Perhaps the Greatest Election of All Time!’

Donald Trump slammed impeachment talk among some Democrats, saying they couldn’t impeach “the most popular Republican in party history.”

In the first of two early-morning tweets on the topic Friday, Trump accused Democrats of wanting to impeach him because they believe they won’t defeat him at the polls in 2020.

“They only want to impeach me because they know they can’t win in 2020, too much success!” Trump wrote.

The president followed up by citing his high approval rating within the Republican party (while not mentioning his significantly lower numbers with Democrats and Independents) as a reason he shouldn’t be impeached.

“How do you impeach a president who has won perhaps the greatest election of all time, done nothing wrong (no Collusion with Russia, it was the Dems that Colluded), had the most successful first two years of any president, and is the most popular Republican in party history 93%?” Trump wrote.

California Rep. Brad Sherman on Thursday said he planned to introduce articles of impeachment against Trump.

“There is no reason it shouldn’t be before the Congress,” Sherman said. “Every day, Donald Trump shows that leaving the White House would be good for our country.”

Newly sworn in Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib called for Trump to be impeached just hours after she was sworn into office, telling a crowd of supporters, “We’re going to go in and impeach the mothef—er.”

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that she does not intend to seek grounds for impeachment unless it’s “clearly bipartisan.”

“The facts will indicate a path and I don’t think we should impeach a president for any political reason, but I don’t think we can ignore any behavior that requires attention and that was all based on the facts,” Pelosi said.

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