(CNN) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that she is not considering censuring President Donald Trump for his conduct, arguing that if the House of Representatives were to reprimand him for alleged wrongdoing it would impeach him for those crimes.

"I think censure is just a way out," said Pelosi at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast with reporters. "In other words, if the goods are there, you must impeach."

Censure is a rare, formal rebuke Congress can take against the President, but a less severe punishment than impeachment, which could lead to his removal should two-thirds of the Senate find him guilty.

"Censure is nice but it is not commensurate with the violations of the Constitution should we decide that's the way to go," she added. "That's a day at the beach for the President, or at his golf club or wherever he goes."

But Pelosi maintained the House should not open an inquiry to consider impeaching the President "unless you're ready to" do so. The speaker has been clear that she does not want the Democratic-led House to impeach Trump only to see the Republican-led Senate acquit him of the charges.

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