US Congresswoman declares war on Trump: ‘We’re going to impeach the motherf***er’

Rashida Tlaib was sworn in on Thursday

Rashida Tlaib is sworn in to Congress (Getty)

A US congresswoman has vowed to remove Donald Trump from office, setting the stage for further political clashes between the president and the resurgent Democratic party.

"We’re gonna go in there and we’re going to impeach the mother***er," Rashida Tlaib was filmed telling ecstatic supporters, hours after she was sworn in to Congress for the first time.

The politician, alongside Ilhan Omar, is one of the first two Muslim-American women to serve on Capitol Hill.

The Democrats hold a majority of seats in the House of Representatives following November 2018's midterm elections, a victory that threatens Mr Trump's grasp on power.

But politicians remain divided on how best to oppose the president.

Democratic party leaders have called on representatives to prioritise legislation and oversight of the president's administration over impeachment proceedings.

The US government has remained partially shut down since 22 December after Democrats refused to sanction $5bn in specific funding for a wall on the US-Mexico border.

But Ms Tlaib has previously vowed to support impeachment attempts against Mr Trump.

Her use of an expletive in reference to the president has angered some conservatives and she remains a target for far-right and Islamophobic groups.

The Michigan representative's vow to impeach Mr Trump has some support from other Democrats in the House.

California representative Brad Sherman filed articles of impeachment against the president on Thursday, alleging that Mr Trump obstructed justice in the firing of former FBI Director James Comey.

Mr Comey was leading the federal investigation into Russian election meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion with Trump campaign officials at the time.

The California politician also filed articles of impeachment against the president in July 2017 and was among the 60 Democrats who voted in favour of it, prompting impeachment proceedings in December 2017. That measure, however, failed.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday refused to rule out Mr Trump being either indicted or impeached while in office, warning the president will face a “different world” thanks to a new Congress.

In public, Mr Trump has scoffed at the calls for impeachments from the new Congress.

In a December interview the president added that he believes Americans "would revolt" if he were impeached.