Donald Trump is back at it again…..
Members of Congress CANNOT be impeached…..
And McConnell is no fan of Trump who does NOT agree with most of ex-President’s off the wall stuff…..
Former President Trump says that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should be impeached if he backs a plan for the debt ceiling to be eliminated over fears that House Republicans could cause the U.S. to default on the nation’s credit.
When asked by conservative radio host John Fredericks on Thursday about chatter surrounding the possibility of Congress effectively eliminating the debt limit, the ex-president lambasted the idea.
“It’s crazy what’s happening with this debt ceiling. Mitch McConnell keeps allowing it to happen. I mean, they ought to impeach Mitch McConnell if he allows that,” Trump said. “Frankly, something has to be — they have something on him. How he approves this thing is incredible.”
Members of the Senate and House cannot be impeached, though both chambers can remove a lawmaker with a two-thirds vote. The president is not involved in that process….
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McConnell said in 2017 that the idea of doing away with the debt ceiling would be “quite a challenging undertaking.” He was responding to a push by Democrats to get rid of it — an idea that was at the time embraced by Trump.
“It complicates things. It’s really not necessary,” Trump said about the debt ceiling at the time.
Trump also signed multiple bills to extend the debt limit, including one in 2019 that lifted it through mid-2021….