By Katelyn Caralle, U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 14:35 BST, 10 June 2019 | Updated: 14:35 BST, 10 June 2019
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A former Hillary Clinton aide is openly considering running against Democratic Representative Jerry Nadler in the 2020 primary race because he is not moving fast enough toward impeaching President Donald Trump.
Peter Daou chastised the House Judiciary chairman, and other Democrat leadership in Congress, for focusing too much on congressional investigations instead of impeachment.
'The Democratic party leadership needs to change,' Daou told MSNBC's Ari Melber on Friday, and added he is considering entering a primary race for Nadler's seat in New York.
Nadler has represented New York's 10th district, which includes several neighborhoods in Manhattan and Brooklyn, since 1992.
Former Hillary Clinton campaign aide Peter Daou floated challenging House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler for his House seat in 2020
Daou told MSNBC on Friday that he is considering the run because Nadler isn't moving fast enough toward impeaching President Donald Trump
Publicly, the representative for New York's 10th district, has said investigations need to continue to garner support for impeachment
'This is not a time for half-measures,' the former digital operations head for Clinton's 2008 run and online communications adviser to John Kerry's 2004 campaign said.
'We are facing a threat we've never faced before — certainly within our lifetimes — and that's an autocrat as a president, somebody who has no respect for the rule of law,' Daou said of Trump.
Daou is a far-left troll that often garners hatred from those on the right and many in the center of the political aisle.
He posts about being at odds with Democratic leadership and engages in Twitter spats. The former Democratic campaign aide oftentimes times posts about
