Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) has an unusual — and somewhat graphic — way of telling Democrats to get a move on.
House Democrats have spent months in a will-they, won't-they relationship with impeaching President Trump. So in a floor speech on Wednesday, Kennedy made it revoltingly clear that they should impeach the president now or quit talking about it.
"Again I say this gently and I say this hopefully constructively," Kennedy said on Wednesday before very not gently continuing: "The House leadership needs to urinate or get off the pot." Kennedy then broke down his metaphor into more explicit terms, saying House leaders should either "impeach" Trump "and let us hold a trial — he won't be convicted — or they need to go ahead and hold in contempt every single member of the Trump administration." If the latter happens and the issue goes to the court, either Trump will win, or the House will win and "no American with a brain above a single-celled organism is going to want to run for president," Kennedy finished.
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The number of House Democrats — along with one Republican — calling for Trump's impeachment continues to mount. Yet despite reported prodding from her staff and even House Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) won't let it happen.
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