A Democratic lawmaker says the instinctual part of his brain makes him want “bad things” to happen to President Trump.

Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes’ comments came in response to a report that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she wanted to see Trump “in prison” rather than impeached.

“More than anything else, Wolf, this isn't about my feelings or about retribution. The lizard brain that I have says I hope bad things happen to this man because he has been so destructive to our republic, to the concept of democracy,” Himes told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Thursday when asked if he wanted to also see Trump behind bars.

“So yes, I have my emotional reactions,” he said.

Himes, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, acknowledged Trump’s removal from office is unlikely because the Republican-controlled Senate would not convict him if he’s impeached by the House.

When pushed on whether it was appropriate for the top Democrat in the House to say she wanted to see Trump imprisoned when Democrats have criticized Trump for talking about jailing his opponents, Himes said it was different because Pelosi isn’t leading the country.

“When the president of the United States, the leader of the country, says something it is different than when even a member of Congress says something. The president commands the most powerful apparatus in human history. That is the executive branch of the government with the military, with the FBI, etc. He commands the most powerful institution that human beings have ever seen. So, yes, what the president — and by the way, he speaks for the country. I don't speak for the country. If I'm lucky I speak for just more than half of my constituents — but the president speaks for the country, so of course it matters much more ,” Himes said.