House Minority Whip Steve Scalise Stephen (Steve) Joseph ScaliseGinsburg becomes the first woman to lie in state in the Capitol House GOP slated to unveil agenda ahead of election House panel details 'serious' concerns around Florida, Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin elections MORE (R-La.) on Sunday blasted Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi: Trump Supreme Court pick 'threatens' Affordable Care Act Sunday shows preview: Lawmakers prepare for SCOTUS confirmation hearings before election Will Democrats attempt to pack the Supreme Court again? MORE’s (D-Calif.) delay in sending the articles of impeachment passed by the House to the Senate, saying she “can run for the Senate if she wants to be a senator.”

"It’s our duty to turn [articles of impeachment] over," Scalise, the No. 2 Republican in the House, said on "Fox News Sunday." "It's not like some mechanism she can control."

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"It’s not her role to go over to the Senate. She can run for the Senate if she wants to be a senator," Scalise added. "For months, she was saying how important it is. They've got to remove this president immediately. He's a threat to their whole way of life. ... Once they pass the impeachment, she doesn’t want the Senate to get the papers to start the trial."

Guest anchor Mike Emanuel asked Scalise about Sen. Lisa Murkowski Lisa Ann MurkowskiSenate GOP set to vote on Trump's Supreme Court pick before election Supreme Court fight pushes Senate toward brink Democratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' MORE (R-Alaska) saying she was concerned that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellHawley warns Schumer to steer clear of Catholic-based criticisms of Barrett Senate GOP set to vote on Trump's Supreme Court pick before election Harris slams Trump's Supreme Court pick as an attempt to 'destroy the Affordable Care Act' MORE (R-Ky.) said he was "not impartial" about impeachment.

Scalise dismissed the remarks.

"You’ve seen her make statements concerned about what Democrats have been doing and saying as well," he said.

"The Senate’s going to conduct a fair trial. I have confidence in Mitch McConnell doing that. There was not a fair trial in the House. ... The Senate will have a fair trial, and you’ll see an acquittal," Scalise said.

Impeachment in the House is not a trial.

Scalise demurred when Emanuel asked if he agreed with President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden says voters should choose who nominates Supreme Court justice Trump, Biden will not shake hands at first debate due to COVID-19 Pelosi: Trump Supreme Court pick 'threatens' Affordable Care Act MORE retweeting a link that contained the name of the alleged whistleblower whose complaint prompted the impeachment inquiry, saying the whistleblower “should have testified a long time ago” and accusing the individual of having “a political ax to grind.”