Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., on Sunday dismissed the call for an impeachment of President Donald Trump, asserting he’s not "interested" in "things that can’t happen."
In an interview on CBS News’ "Face The Nation," Blunt said Congress "should be thinking more about the first day of the next presidency than the last day of his presidency."
"The day Sen. [Josh] Hawley [R-Mo.] announced he'd be contesting those electoral votes, [I] announced that I would not be," Blunt said. "When Sen. [Ted] Cruz [R-Texas] said he had a plan to put in place a commission like the one formed in 1877, I said that wouldn't happen.
"I’m not interested then or now in spending a lot of time on things that can't happen. Just like the impeachment… of the president, to remove him from office clearly is not going to happen between now and the last day he's in office."
Blunt added "there is no possibility" he’ll be removed from office before Jan. 20 "if there's no additional ensuing event."
According to Blunt, it’s also unlikely Trump will do anything in his final days in office to warrant further outrage .
"The president should be very careful over the next 10 days that his behavior is what you'd expect from the leader of the greatest country in the world," he said. "My personal view is that the president touched the hot stove on Wednesday and is unlikely to touch it again."
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