During an interview with ABC television, on August 6, US House of Representatives representative from the Democratic Party Maxine Waters (California) mistakenly threatened impeachment of Russian President Vladimir Putin by confusing him with US Vice President Michael Pence, Regnum reports..

Waters in the interview directly stated that she intends to seek impeachment to US President Donald Trump, as well as Michael Pence, who automatically becomes president after Trump. However, she confused Penza with Putin.

Waters said: "First we'll deal with Trump, then we'll take on Putin. He's the next ".

Waters realized that he had not said what he had in mind, recovered, and said that it was a question of Pens's resignation, not of Putin.

At the same time the host of the transfer of ABC, Joy Behar, decided to smooth out the embarrassment of the situation and stated that it was necessary to deal with all three politicians.

Behar said: "We will kill two birds with one stone: Putin and Trump - and then we will take Pensa".

Recall, Congressman Maxine Waters became famous for a whole series of ridiculous statements. So she said that Russia attacked Korea. She also advocated for prompt assistance to the nonexistent state of Limpopo, which was subjected to Russian aggression.