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Rashida Tlaib on Trump: We’re going to impeach that motherf**ker

Hours after being sworn in as the first-ever Palestinian-American to serve in Congress, Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib used an expletive to describe US President Donald Trump and vowed to push for his impeachment.

Speaking at an event organized by progressive group MoveOn, Tlaib recounted a conversation she had with her son.

“‘Momma look you won. Bullies don’t win,'” she said he told her.

“And I said, ‘Baby they don’t, because we’re going to go in there and impeach the motherfucker,” Tlaib continued to applause.

There was no immediate response from Trump, who is known for taking to Twitter to hit out at critics.

Placing her hand on a Quran that once belonged to Thomas Jefferson, Tlaib was sworn in earlier Thursday.

Together with Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar, Tlaib, an outspoken activist-cum-politician from Michigan, was one of the two first Muslim women to enter Congress Thursday, among dozens of freshman lawmakers who are helping make the 116th Congress the most diverse one in the nation’s history.