Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., said Friday night that his Republican Senate colleagues privately express "great concern" about President Donald Trump's temperament, and he joked about the GOP eventually impeaching Trump.
On "Real Time with Bill Maher," Maher asked Franken what Republicans really say behind closed doors.
Franken joked: "Well, there's a range in what they'll say, and some will say that he's not right mentally. And some are harsher."
"No, no. That's not fair. That was cheap," he continued. "There are some who I guess don't talk to me."
Franken then got a bit more serious. "I haven't heard a lot of good things, and I've heard great concern about the president's temperament," he said.
Maher responded: "That's very diplomatic of you."
To which Franken said with a smile: "Not very, was it? I don't think this was diplomatic, but I'll take it."
Franken isn't the first Democrat to say Republicans senators are privately fretting. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has said that his GOP colleagues privately worry about Trump's "incompetence" and "ethics."
