White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Wednesday the administration hopes Democrats listen to their better angels when considering whether to impeach Trump.
“Hopefully, they’re going to have a ‘come to Jesus’ moment, where they realize what a terrible idea this is,” Sanders said during an appearance on “Fox and Friends.” “There is no basis whatsoever for impeachment; the Mueller report was conclusive.”
Sanders was asked for her prediction for what turned out to be a dramatic and short-lived meeting in the White House Wednesday between Trump and Democratic congressional leadership over infrastructure spending.
Trump abruptly ended the meeting less than five minutes in, claiming he could not work with Democrats on a plan for enhancing the country’s roads and bridges in the midst of congressional investigations into his 2016 campaign, finances, and personal life.
Moments before the meeting, Pelosi told reporters on Capitol Hill she believes Trump is “engaged in a cover-up” regarding the details special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and other information Congress seeks.
“I don’t do cover-ups,” Trump responded during a speech prior to the meeting. “Instead of walking happily into a meeting, I walk into … look at people that have just said that I was doing a cover-up.”
“These people were out to get us,” Trump continued. “The Republican Party and President Trump. They were out to get us.”
.@PressSec says the White House hopes Democrats soon have a “come to Jesus” moment about Trump and impeachment.
“There is no basis whatsoever for impeachment. The Mueller report was conclusive. It’s time to move on.” pic.twitter.com/iOcgxQShZk
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 22, 2019
Pelosi, who has been tamping down bubbling calls for impeachment from an insurgent caucus of her party, later called the meeting “strange” and characterized Trump as uninterested in actually working on infrastructure spending.
“I pray for the president of the United States,” she said. “And I pray for the United States of America.”
Trump and White House officials, meanwhile, say they are content to continue to work toward their stated agenda on the issues they say Americans care most about while the Democrats continue to “play games” with oversight investigations and threats of impeachment.
“There is no basis for it,” Sanders said. “It’s not just bad politically, it’s bad governing. Their job is to come here and actually do something. And they’re not doing that.”
