During a panel discussion on CNN Saturday morning, former Bush-era ethics czar Richard Painter launched a furious rant after the CNN hosts read a "trilogy of tweets" that President Donald Trump made Saturday morning where he claimed he was a "stable genius."
Speaking with hosts Christi Paul and Victor Blackwell, Painter said the time has come for Trump to be removed from office.
'This tweet is indicative of the president's mentality," Painter stated. "That stated, in a public corporation, if the chief executive officer were sending out tweets like this at this time of the morning, the board of directors would have him removed from office by noon."
"Yet, we tolerate this type of erratic behavior from the president of the United States, while he's in control of nuclear weapons and the lapdogs of the Republican Party are going to defend him<' he exclaimed. "I've been a Republican for 30 years and this is exactly why we as a Republican Party are in trouble if we're going to to tolerate this kind of immature conduct from the president."
"I'd have to say Ronald Reagan would be disgusted at the idea of people meeting with the Russians to collaborate and get dirt on their political opponent --he would be absolutely disgusted," he continued. "It's really shameful where we are now in our country."
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