Second-guessing himself on the long-held desire to impeach President Donald Trump, HBO "Real Time" host Bill Maher now surmises the country will be "paralyzed for a very long time" and Congress will not get anything done.

"If we do this, the country is going to be paralyzed," Maher said, per The Hill. "I'm not saying don't.

"It's going to be paralyzed for a very long time and all of the oxygen in the room will be taken by this," he added.

That fact has Maher questioning whether the inquiry is worth it before the 2020 presidential election.

"Last week, I was like, 'We've got to impeach him!' Now that they're going to do it, I'm like 'Uh, should we?'" Maher said.

Panelist Noah Rothman mocked Democrats for their claim they can "walk and chew gum at the same time," per The Hill, prompting Maher to agree on the question whether they can get legislation done during an impeachment inquiry, turning off American voters.

"I'm just asking about the people who matter," Maher said, per The Hill. "There's 40% for sure probably on both sides, there's 20% in the middle who might be persuadable. Are these people going to say, 'I don't care about Trump's phone call to a country I know nothing about. I care about my phone bill. What are you doing about my phone bill, about my problems.' I just wonder about that."