Former President Donald Trump on Sunday said he “became worse” after he was impeached twice by the House of Representatives twice during his four-year tenure in the White House.
Trump’s comments came during a speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas. He compared calls for his impeachment to calls for former Attorney General William Barr’s impeachment.
Last year, two ethics groups in October called on the House to begin impeachment proceedings against Barr, arguing that he used his position for political reasons to help Trump.
Trump, during his speech to a crowd of Republican supporters in Dallas, said Barr “became a different man” following the calls for his impeachment, while the former president “didn’t become different.”
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“He became a different man when the Democrats viciously stated that they wanted to impeach him. They went wild. We want to impeach him. We’re gonna impeach Bill Barr. We’re gonna impeach him. He became different. I understand that. I didn’t become different. I got impeached twice. I became worse,” Trump said.
“I became worse,” he emphasized, garnering applause from the crowd.
Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives twice during his four years in office, first in December 2019 and then again in January 2021, making him the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice.
The House first impeached the former president on two articles, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, in connection with his dealings with Ukraine.
In the final days of his presidency, he was impeached again, that time for incitement of an insurrection, following the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
He was acquitted on all charges by the Republican-led Senate.
"I got impeached twice. I became worse." —former President Trump pic.twitter.com/zV4YEkV3Lb
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) July 11, 2021
