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Rep. Jim Clyburn: If GOP Keeps The House, ‘Obama Will Be Impeached’

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08.11.14 | 4:01 pm
U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks with reporters at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. Clyburn, 73 and the the first black elected to Congress in South Caroli... U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks with reporters at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. Clyburn, 73 and the the first black elected to Congress in South Carolina since Reconstruction, says he plans to run for a 12th term in November of 2014. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith) MORE LESS

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) predicted on Monday that Republicans will attempt to impeach President Obama if they maintain control of the House this November.

Clyburn, the assistant Democratic leader, was responding on Twitter to someone who asked why Democrats weren’t doing more to shut down the GOP’s talk of impeachment.

Republicans recently voted to sue Obama for the executive actions he’s taken. GOP leaders have repeatedly said they have no plans to impeach Obama, but recent polling has shown many Republican voters would welcome the move.