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An increasingly embattled President Donald Trump mentioned the “i-word” at a Republican rally in Montana on Thursday night — and told his supporters it will be their fault if he ends up getting impeached.
“If it does happen it is your fault because you did not go out and vote. You did not go out to vote, that is the only way it can happen.”
“You are not just voting for a candidate, you are voting for which party controls Congress,” Trump said, according to CNN. “Very important thing. Very important thing.”
Trump was in Montana to stump for Senate candidate Matt Rosendale, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in a state that Trump won in 2016.
Trump attacked Tester for his role in derailing the nomination of Trump’s White House doctor, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, to lead the VA earlier this year. Jackson was forced to withdraw his nomination after allegations of drunken driving, overprescribing medications and a breach of patient privacy emerged. “What Tester did to Adm. Jackson should never, ever be allowed,” Trump said.
The president also assailed the New York Times and the anonymous author of an anti-Trump op-ed published Wednesday, apparently from a senior administration official. “Is it subversion, is it treason?” Trump asked the crowd. “Unelected, deep state operatives who defy the voters to push their own secret agendas are truly a threat to democracy itself,” Trump said, as he urged Times reporters to reveal the author.
Trump also blasted Senate Democrats for their tough questioning of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this week, saying they’re “looking like fools” and that their behavior was “sick.”