Chuck Schumer Asked About Impeachment: ‘The Sooner the Better’

In one twenty-second video clip, Senator Chuck Schumer managed to blow up the carefully cultivated message from his fellow Democrats that they aren’t interested in pursuing impeachment proceedings against President Trump.

Speaking to a Brooklyn crowd on Monday, Schumer let slip with the accidental truth after a supporter asked, “When y’all gonna impeach Trump?”

Shockingly, Schumer responded not only in the affirmative but added he’d like to see it happen fairly soon.

“The sooner the better,” the New York Democrat can be heard saying. “We got to get a few Republicans. The Democrats are on your side.”

Schumer likely thought he was having a quiet interaction with a supporter in which he could make such an off-the-cuff remark, but he forgot one thing – he shouted the admission into a freaking bullhorn!

His office was forced to engage in some serious backpedaling on the comments, claiming he simply misunderstood the question.

“After a number of questions along the parade route about the fate of the President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, the senator believed he was being asked, ‘When will you defeat Trump,’ and responded, ‘the sooner the better,’ noting that we need Republicans to defeat the nomination [of Kavanaugh],” a spokesman claimed.

That’s a stretch that even a world-renowned gymnast would admire.

The person in the crowd never mentions Brett Kavanaugh so any reference to the Supreme Court nomination would need to be completely made up in Schumer’s head. With that in mind, any generic reference to ‘defeating’ Trump rather than impeaching him would not require support from Republicans.

Schumer’s confession goes against many of his colleagues who have downplayed impeachment talk.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said the impeachment option was off the table adding, “I’m not going after it.”

Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) claims the process is “not politically viable” and it’s “too early in the process to be using these words,” while Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said there isn’t enough evidence.

At the same time, some Democrats have bucked the party line by freely admitting to their impeachment hopes and dreams.

Low-IQ Maxine Waters has been the most vocal of these lawmakers, screeching the phrase “Impeach 45!” at every waking moment.

Even at some people’s funerals.

Texas Democrat Al Green has also readily admitted that, should his party take back the House following the midterm elections, President Trump will be impeached.

He has actually tried introducing articles of impeachment on Trump in the past, only to be shot down in spectacular fashion.

And Congressmen Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Steve Cohen (D-TN) have each called for impeachment.

Whose statements are more realistic – Schumer’s accidental truth, Maxine Waters and Al Green, or Democrats trying to downplay it?

A majority of American voters don’t support impeachment, which is why ranking Democrats are trying to keep quiet about their intentions.

But make no mistake, should Democrats regain control of Congress, this will be the first item on their agenda.

Rusty Weiss has been covering politics for over 15 years. His writings have appeared in the Daily Caller, Fox... More about Rusty Weiss

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