Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) claimed on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is trying to become a “tyrant” because she thinks he is “systematically trying to shut down every possible branch of government but the presidency.”
Speier made her illogical and factually inaccurate comments while appearing on “MSNBC Live” with host Katy Tur to talk about Trump’s criticisms of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation — an investigation that has not produced a shred of evidence of the “collusion” with Russia that Democrats claimed existed.
“I am concerned that the president of the United States is systematically trying to shut down every possible branch of government but the presidency,” Speier said. “You have him attacking the judiciary, you have him attacking the CIA, you have him attacking the Department of Justice, the FBI.”
“This is the conduct of someone who could become a tyrant if we don’t step in and speak out against him,” Speier continued. “I think he is being so unpresidential and he is undermining the very foundation of this country and institutions that we hold so dear and are protected in the Constitution of the United States.”
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