Coburn warned that President Obama was 'perilously' near the line. | AP Photos Coburn: Obama impeachment 'close'

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) joined with a handful of other Republican politicians Wednesday, warning the President that his impeachment could be near.

According to Tulsa World, at a convention in Muskogee, Okla., Coburn said Wednesday that the president was “getting perilously close” to the Constitutional standard for impeachment. He also called the Obama administration lawless and incompetent, the news site reported, although he acknowledged the president as a “personal friend.”


Earlier this week Michigan Rep. Kerry Bentivolio told constituents at a townhall that it would be a “dream come true” if he could write and submit the bill to impeach the president. Last week, Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) kicked off the impeachment debate, declaring that the House had enough votes to make the notion a reality.

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