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Rep. Steve King Says President Obama “Would Be Impeached” If Nation Falls Into Default

07/25/2011 11:41 am 4 comments

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Monday that President Barack Obama “would be impeached” if the nation falls into default.

“STOP talking about default,” he wrote on Twitter. “The 1st dime of each $1 of revenue services debt. Obama would be impeached if he blocked debt payments. C C & B!”

King is among the House Republicans who voted for the so-called “Cut, Cap and Balance” plan that would introduce a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget. The Senate last week dismissed the House bill.

King isn’t the first Republican to suggest that Obama should be impeached over the debt crisis.

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Anonymous

From where I sit, Congress should be impeached.
SIsterB

Here! Here!
Anonymous

From the lips a pure bigot, Steve King.
RT

So let me get this right Steve King…..If Congress doesn’t do their job, the President would be impeached. Uuuhuh!

So if we went over to the floors in Congress and the Senate and sat down and wrote up a debt ceiling bill the way he wants it (to cut out the squabbling middle-men) and sent it to himself at the White House, I take it he wouldn’t be impeached for that then……..Right?

So if President Obama is responsible for your jobs and you aren’t, maybe he should fire the republican politicians in the Senate and the House and get some guys he doesn’t mind being responsible for………Right?

Would you please come back to reality and stop believing that Americans are retarded people that don’t know anything, but will fall for anything. The American people did not hire you to draw a check, so you can just put on your best suit and blame the President for the nation’s problems.

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