Even President Trump's nicknames are better than this.
The House is still marching on with its impeachment inquiry into Trump, but Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) isn't happy with where Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is taking it. In fact, Gaetz declared, somehow unflinchingly, on Tuesday that House Republicans see impeachment as "a kangaroo court, and Chairman Schiff is acting like a malicious Captain Kangaroo."
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