President Donald Trump said that he was a victim of an impeachment effort years in the making, The Hill reports.
The President portrayed the investigation in harsh terms during a rally in Tupelo, Miss., equating it to a clandestine plot by his Democratic detractors. He decried the impeachment inquiry — a process laid out in the constitution — as “an attack on democracy itself” and an effort to undo his 2016 election win.
“Yesterday the Democrats voted to potentially nullify the votes of 63 million Americans, disgracing themselves and bringing shame upon the House of Representatives,” Trump said, referring to Thursday’s adopted House resolution that codifies an impeachment inquiry into his alleged abuse of power. “They’ve been plotting to overthrow the election since the moment I won.”
Trump singled out individual Democrats at the forefront of the probe, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), claiming that the party had collaborated with the press to orchestrate “the deranged impeachment witch hunt.”
“This is one I never thought I’d be involved in,” he said. “The word ‘impeachment,’ to me it’s a dirty word.”
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