House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday downplayed freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s profanity-laced vow to impeach President Trump, as Republicans strongly condemned the language -- and the defiant Democrat offered no apologies. I don’t … establish any language standards for my colleagues, but I don’t think it’s anything worse than what the president has said." The newly surfaced video of Tlaib's Trump remarks quickly drew reactions from across Washington, from leadership on down. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., said members were “aghast” at Tlaib, lamenting “a fever” among some colleagues to impeach Trump. We have to see.”House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., suggested Trump would lose re-election before impeachment discussions go anywhere.

Source: Fox News January 04, 2019 16:17 UTC