Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., warned Tuesday that congressional Democrats are committed to vexing President Trump at any cost even as their party leadership tamps down talk of possible impeachment proceedings.
“We knew they wouldn’t give up,” Meadows tweeted. “The collusion delusion fell flat, and now reports say House Democrats are preparing to ‘ramp up’ their investigations of President Trump.”
Following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., urged her caucus on Monday to focus on investigating Trump instead of calling for immediate impeachment proceedings.
We knew they wouldn’t give up.
The collusion delusion fell flat, and now reports say House Democrats are preparing to “ramp up” their investigations of President Trump.
Not “move on”—“ramp up.” They’re doubling down. This is a myopic obsession with politically targeting POTUS.
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) April 23, 2019
House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., filed a congressional subpoena to obtain the president’s financial records, prompting Trump to sue in a bid to block it. Separately, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued a subpoena last week for the full, unredacted Mueller report
Meadows, a vocal defender of Trump, says the Democratic Party is too near-sighted in their dislike of Trump to do what’s best for the country.
“They’re doubling down,” Meadows said. “This is a myopic obsession with politically targeting POTUS.”
Meadows, along with fellow Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, have railed against Mueller’s investigation examining Russian interference in the 2016 election, possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, and potential instances of obstruction of justice by the president. Like Trump, they have called it a politically motivated “witch hunt.”
The pair have said there is “overwhelming” evidence to suggest the FBI and Department of Justice acted improperly when the investigation was started and have vowed to expose officials who have allegedly worked to undermine Trump.
