Ted Cruz melts down on CNN over possibility Democrats might still attempt to impeach Trump

Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" with fill-in host Dana Bash, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx) raged that Democrats intend on initiating impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump no matter what special counsel Robert Mueller's report says.

Asked if he would characterize the Justice Department investigation as, in the words of Trump, a "witch hunt," Cruz demurred.

"You know, I'll leave that language to the president," Cruz retorted. "I will say I'm concerned that it may have become a fishing expedition. We'll see when we see the report -- we'll see what's in the report."

"We do know that there are other investigations going on elsewhere in the Justice Department into the president's businesses, his inaugural committee, charitable foundation," Bash asked. "Are Republicans right to be popping the champagne right now? I'm not saying you are, but others are, or is it premature?"

"Listen, if anyone thinks that the Mueller report being concluded is the end of the Democrats' attempt to take down President Trump, they haven't been paying attention the last two years," Cruz shot back. "Yesterday the Mueller report was the end all and be all. It was going to be the salvation for the Democrats and destroy President Trump. Now you can already see the Democrats pivoting away saying, 'okay, we need to do other investigations'."

"Dana, my point is you asked Congressman [Jerry] Nadler whether the House is going to impeach the president? I'll answer that for you: yes, they fully intend to impeach the president and they don't care about the basis."

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