President Donald Trump absolutely went off on Democrats and their impeachment threat on Wednesday afternoon.
At the tail end of a press conference held by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Trump took to social media to share his thoughts.
The liberal leaders promised further impeachment inquiries and said they had prepared a subpoena of the White House for Ukraine documents.
They’re “not fooling around,” Schiff promised reporters. They called the president “corrupt,” ‘dangerous,” and accused him of threatening witnesses.
While Pelosi and Schiff delivered their remarks, Trump responded with a string of tweets, blasting the Democrats’ attempt at an impeachment inquiry.
“BULL***,” he wrote.
The Do Nothing Democrats should be focused on building up our Country, not wasting everyone’s time and energy on BULLSHIT, which is what they have been doing ever since I got overwhelmingly elected in 2016, 223-306. Get a better candidate this time, you’ll need it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2019
Adam Schiff should only be so lucky to have the brains, honor and strength of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. For a lowlife like Schiff, who completely fabricated my words and read them to Congress as though they were said by me, to demean a First in Class at West Point, is SAD!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2019
Trump became even more animated in person when he fielded questions from reporters in the Oval Office alongside the president of Finland, Sauli Niinisto.
“They’re a disaster,” Trump said. “They’re the Do-Nothing Democrats. They don’t do any work. All they wanna do is win the election in 2020, so they come up with this impeachment nonsense, all based on one phone call that I had where I’m talking to the President of Ukraine.
“The call was perfect.”
Trump also tore into political rival Schiff, whom he suggested should resign immediately for his behavior.
“We don’t call him ‘Shifty Schiff’ for nothing, he’s a shifty dishonest guy.”
Trump defended Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s involvement in the infamous phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
“This guy was negative on Mike Pompeo,” Trump said. “You know, there’s an expression: ‘he couldn’t carry his ___strap.’ I won’t say it… but that guy [Schiff] couldn’t carry his ___strap, you understand what I’m saying?”
Trump even went after the whistleblower, who he accused of lying about the phone call.
“He didn’t know what was on the call, ” Trump said. “These are bad people. These are dishonest people. And when the American people find out what happened it’s gonna be a great day.”
You can watch the entire video of Trump’s response below:
WATCH: Trump holds meeting with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Oval Office https://t.co/3xqRxaNUq8
— Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) October 2, 2019
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