After newly sworn-in Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) pledged to “impeach that motherf**ker,” referring to President Donald Trump, during a progressive rally Thursday night, Republican lawmakers on Friday immediately turned up the outrage machine. “You’ve had very foul language used,” said House GOP chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo. ), whose dad, former Vice President Dick Cheney, in 2004 told Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to “fuck yourself” while the two were on the Senate floor for a group photo. “I don’t like that language,” he said on CNN. We have to follow the facts and get the facts.”But as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pointed out Friday, Trump himself regularly uses explicit language.

Source: Huffington Post January 04, 2019 18:11 UTC