Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said Monday he was surprised to see Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., saying special counsel Robert Mueller's report outlined impeachable activities by President Donald Trump because many other Republicans are thinking the same thing privately.
"Those who have read the Mueller report cannot avoid the conclusion that the president and some of his absolutely core advisers engaged in profoundly disappointing, reprehensible conduct that would rise to the level of obstruction of justice if he were anyone other than the president of the United States," Sen. Coons told CNN's "New Day."
On Sunday, Rep. Amash tweeted he thinks Attorney General William Barr "deliberately misrepresented" Mueller's findings and the report reveals Trump "engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behavior that meets the threshold for impeachment."
However, Coons said he has not spoken to any Republican senators who would vote to remove Trump from office, even if they think his conduct was "deeply disappointing, inappropriate, borderline or actually illegal."
If the Mueller report revealed a "bombshell," then the Republican-held Senate might have voted to remove Trump, Coons added, but now, the chance that would happen is "close to zero," and lawmakers must decide if pursuing impeachment, a "political process," is worth the time to pursue.
"Do we spend a year and a half trying to legislate and putting forward proposals to solve middle Americans' daily problems?" he said.
Amash's comments, though, will raise questions in voters' minds, including whether their representatives in Congress are willing to stand up to the president, Coons said.
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