SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – House Republicans in the Illinois General Assembly now admit their effort to impeach Democrat Governor J.B. Pritzker is likely going nowhere.

One lawmaker tells FOX 2 News that they’re pressing on with their accusations that Pritzker’s rhetoric has fomented political violence, which includes the gruesome public murder conservative influencer, Charlie Kirk, with Pritzker telling crowds things like, “what we (Democrats) really need is to become street fighters.”

A single article of impeachment filed by the conservative Freedom Caucus in the Illinois House, accuses the governor of making “multiple statements inciting violence.” The group says those statements “warrant his impeachment and removal from office.”

Red Bud State Representative David Friess is among the nine of 40 Republican House members who have now signed onto the impeachment resolution.

“Just because you have somebody who misbehaves and you can’t discipline that person, doesn’t mean you can’t call them out,” Friess said. “I really do think we’re calling attention to the governor’s language and saying, ‘Hey, this is inappropriate.’”

The resolution cites quotes from three of Pritzker’s earlier this year.

“These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,” Pritzker said to a New Hampshire crowd in April.

There was also his State of the State speech in February, when he said, “If you think I’m overreacting and sounding the alarm too soon, consider this: it took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.”

“There was definitely an inference there,” Friess said. “They can’t help themselves. They call people, Trump specifically, a Nazi or a fascist. You say that enough times, people believe that.”

FOX 2’s Andy Baker asked, “Is that a call to violence?”

“Well, what would you take that as?” Friess said. “Seriously, you say, ‘They can’t know a moment of peace.’ Well, what does that mean?”

Still, the article of impeachment omits the context of the quote.

These were Pritzker’s words immediately after the quote cited in the impeachment article: “We will fight their cruelty with every megaphone and microphone that we have,” he said.

When asked about the impeachment article over the weekend, Pritzker did call for an end to inflammatory rhetoric.

“Especially in this moment, when we should have calm, someone at the top who’s asking people to take a step back,” he said.

“I hope he does,” Friess said. “I would love for people on the left to stop referring to Republicans as Nazis.”

He expects the resolution to be discussed on the House floor but admits it likely will never come up for a vote with a Democrat supermajority in control of the General Assembly.