Rep. Louie Gohmert: 'I think Mueller should be fired' but 'I'm not calling for him to be fired'

Greg P. | 1:23 PM on March 21, 2018

While talking to reporters today in the Capitol, Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert said special counsel Robert Mueller should be fired.

From the HuffPost’s Matt Fuller:

There it is:

"I think Mueller should be fired." -Rep. Louie Gohmert

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) March 21, 2018

Gohmert doesn’t think Mueller should have even accepted the job in the first place:

Louie Gohmert says if Robert Mueller had "an ounce of ethics" to him, he wouldn't have accepted the special counsel appointment.

Oh.

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) March 21, 2018

But although Gohmert is saying he thinks Mueller should be fired, it doesn’t sound like he wants President Trump to fire Mueller:

Rep. Louie Gohmert: “Mueller should be fired;” pushes back at some Senate Republicans and says a firing wouldn’t be impeachable. “I’m not calling for him to be fired because of all the establishment Republicans who think they’d have to [come after] Trump if he were” fired.

— Siobhan Hughes (@siobhanehughes) March 21, 2018

Gohmert then said the only reason the president hasn’t fired Mueller yet is because Republicans have said it’s an impeachable offense:

Rep. Louie Gohmert: "Mueller should be fired."

He says the only reason it hasn't happened is because some Republicans have said it's an impeachable offense.

"It's not," Gohmert says.

— Ben Siegel (@benyc) March 21, 2018