"This whole talk about impeachment is coming from the president's own staff and coming from Democrats on Capitol Hill. Why? Because they are trying to rally their people to give money and to show up in this year's election," Boehner told reporters Tuesday morning. "We have no plans to impeach the president. We have no future plans."

House Speaker John Boehner speaking with reporters on Tuesday morning:A scam started by Democrats? Gee, how dastardly. Heck, their plot must go way back to that time about 15 years ago when House Republicans—yes, Boehner included—impeached President Clinton.

And if it's a scam started by Democrats, then they have a willing accomplice in incoming House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who when he went before Fox Nation on Sunday morning, refused to rule out impeachment.

Bottom line: It's obvious that Democrats want to fire up Democratic voters and contributors with impeachment talk. And it's equally obvious that Boehner isn't happy with the fact that it's working. Nobody questions that. But when you have the House preparing to vote to sue the president, and you have the legal masterminds of that lawsuit saying that if it fails, the only recourse is impeachment, and when you have a solid majority of Republican voters demanding impeachment, then at a minimum, you have to at least concede that if this is a Democratic scam, Republicans are more than willing accomplices.

Here's the scam quote:



"It's all a scam started by the Democrats at the White House," Boehner said.