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Tlaib Apologizes For “Impeach The Motherfucker” Comment; Meant To Say “Imprison The Motherfucker”
Freshman representative from MI says it was wrong to rant about impeaching President Trump when she really wants to send him to prison
Newly sworn in Representative Rashida Tlaib apologized on Saturday for a profane comment she made to her supporters last week about Donald Trump, when she said, “… we’re going to go in there and we’re going to impeach the motherfucker.”
In a correction over the weekend, the liberal congresswoman said, “It was wrong to yell out ‘impeach the motherfucker,’ when I actually meant ‘imprison the motherfucker.’ Or maybe impeach and imprison. Or maybe impeach, imprison, and then hang the motherfucker as a traitor. Or maybe impeach, flog, and deport the bastard to Russia. Along with his culpable family and all his criminal cronies and cabinet members. In any case, I misspoke.”
The first Palestinian American woman elected to Congress reacted to Republican criticisms of her colorful remark by saying…