Congressman: If GOP Impeaches Obama, He Brought It On Himself

In this 2012 photograph provided by the candidate's campaign, Ted Yoho poses for a photo. Ted Yoho is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Florida. (AP Photo)
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) said in a recent interview that the only person responsible for a potential impeachment of Barack Obama is the President himself.

“So if an impeachment comes up, it’s not because Congress wants to do that, it’s because the president has chosen to bring that upon himself by not enforcing the laws on the books,” the congressman said during an interview last week with the group Tea Party Express. The interview was highlighted Monday by Buzzfeed.

“If he doesn’t like a law he needs to get that changed, not wave his pen and use his phone and he has arrogantly stated over and over again,” he added.

Yoho also made sure to note his longterm support for impeachment, boasting that he and other lawmakers have clashed with the GOP leadership on the issue before.

“We did this about 11 to 12 months ago,” he said. “They didn’t want to go to the lawsuit or even talk about impeachment.”

Latest Livewire

Notable Replies

  1. Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL)

    pronounced “Ya-Hooooooooooooooooooo”

  2. Please name the exact law the President refused to enforce.

    Thank you.

  3. The GOP has spent the last 30 years finding all sorts of ways to escape responsibility for their actions. It’s jaw-dropping what pansies they are about their choices. Why can’t they admit that they want to impeach PBO? Why claim being forced into it?

    BTW: Being “forced to do the thing you want desperately to do” screams sexual repression to me. Just sayin’…

  4. Stop hitting yourself…Stop hitting yourself…Stop hitting yourself…Stop hitting yourself…

    Yeesh!

  5. So…they’re not even responsible for their own orgasm?

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

20 more replies

Participants

Avatar for system1 Avatar for austin_dave Avatar for overreach_this Avatar for scottnatlanta Avatar for sundancer Avatar for ryp Avatar for chammy Avatar for nick1936 Avatar for wiscojoe Avatar for tigersharktoo Avatar for maxi2013 Avatar for sonsofares Avatar for person Avatar for tdohio Avatar for ABDUR Avatar for snarkus_aurelius Avatar for maisgar Avatar for suicide_arsonist Avatar for harveya Avatar for underdog Avatar for antisachetdethe Avatar for intelligencefirst

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: