Trump praises unity in Democratic Party, slams division within GOP amid impeachment
Under pressure over an impeachment inquiry in the US House, US President Donald Trump is praising unity among Democrats.
Denying allegations of abuse of power, Trump made the comments during a cabinet meeting on Monday, lashing out at his Republican critic, Senator Mitt Romney.
"The two things they have: They’re vicious and they stick together," he said of Democrats. "They don’t have Mitt Romney in their midst. They don’t have people like that."
The impeachment inquiry underway in House follows reports that the president was trying to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden, a potential 2020 opponent.
Trump urged Republicans to "get tougher and fight" in his defense.
"I watched a couple of people on television today. They were talking about what a phony deal it is. What a phony investigation it is," Trump said. "We have some that are great fighters, but they have to get tougher and fight because the Democrats are trying to hurt the Republican party for the election, which is coming up, where we’re doing very well."
The US president further lashed out at "vicious" Democrats, predicting their demise.
"I think the Democrats fight dirty. I think the Democrat are lousy politicians with lousy policy," he said. "The good news is they're dying off fast."
Trump suggested that efforts to impeach him were out of failure to stop him from getting elected in the 2020 presidential election.
"I think they want to[impeach]," he said. "Any Democrat wants to because they're not going to beat me in the election. So of course they want to impeach… It cannot be the way our founders, our great founders, meant this to be.”
Most the Republicans have thrown their support behind Trump amid the impeachment; however, they mostly disapprove of his decision to withdraw US troops from parts of Syria to let Turkey invade the war-ravaged country.
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