'Impeachment is a dirty word!' Donald Trump blasts 'radical' Democrats for their inquiry, says 'poor and pathetic' Beto 'quit like a dog' and calls the Ukrainian President a 'nice guy' he had a 'perfect phone call' with at wild rally

President Donald Trump has fired back House Democrats at a raucous campaign rally one day after the vote to formalize impeachment proceedings.

Trump's remarks came at a rally on Friday night at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Mississippi, where he threw his support to the Republican in Tuesday's election for governor there. 

'While we're creating jobs and killing terrorists, the Democrat party has gone completely insane,' Trump said in opening remarks touting Friday's blockbuster jobs report and the death last weekend of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. 

'They've been plotting to overthrow the election since I won,' Trump continued. 'They actually spied on my campaign.'

'Now corrupt politicians Nancy Pelosi and 'Shifty' Adam Schiff, and the media are continuing with the deranged impeachment witch hunt,' he said. 'The word impeachment, to me it's a dirty word, not a good word.'

'The American people are fed up with Democrat lies, hoaxes and extremism,' said Trump. The Democrats, he said, 'have created an angry majority that will vote many do-nothing Democrats out of office in 2020.' 

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President Donald Trump arrives at a rally at BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Mississippi on Friday

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President Donald Trump takes the stage at a rally at BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Mississippi on Friday

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'The word impeachment, to me it's a dirty word, not a good word,' Trump said at the raucous campaign rally 

Trump also slammed Beto O'Rourke, who dropped out of the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination just hours earlier.

'He quit like a dog,' Trump said. 'Beto, that poor b*****d - poor, pathetic guy.' 

'He said he was born for it, like he was born from heaven and came down,' Trump said, recalling a quote in the Vanity Fair cover story announcing O'Rorke's campaign.

O'Rourke told the magazine in March: 'I want to be in it. Man, I'm just born to be in it.' 

But his campaign went down hill from there, including struggling with fundraising and dropping to 1% in the polls.

Addressing supporters in Iowa, O'Rourke said Friday that he made the decision to exit the race 'reluctantly' and vowed to stay active in the fight to defeat Trump 

'Anybody who says that he was born for this, they are in trouble,' Trump said.

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Members of the audience listens as President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Mississippi

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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally in Tupelo, Mississippi on Friday

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Trump also slammed Beto O'Rourke, who dropped out of the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination hours earlier

Trump went on to defend his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, which is at the heart of the Democrats' impeachment inquiry. 

'So I made this call, had this wonderful call and the transcript proves it was perfect,' Trump said. 'It was totally appropriate.'

Trump said that Zelensky was a 'good guy' and a 'nice guy and hopefully going to root out corruption because Ukraine has tremendous corruption problems.'

He is accused of abusing his office by withholding military aid to pressure Ukraine into opening a corruption probe against one of his 2020 election rivals, Joe Biden. 

Trump dismissed the notion that he needed Ukraine's help to beat Biden.

'Let's see, I've got a guy named Sleepy Joe Biden, how do I beat this guy?' Trump said sarcastically. 'Gee, I guess there's only one way, let's call up Ukraine for help.' 

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Trump gestures as he speaks during a Keep America Great campaign rally in Tupelo, Mississippi, on Friday

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Trump blasted Democrats and defended his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky

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Children hold up placards as Trump delivers remarks during a Keep America Great campaign rally in Tupelo, Mississippi

Biden, he said, is 'dropping like a rock.'

Trump returned again and again to the Ukraine scandal swirling around him.

'Now I'm an honest person anyway, but do you think when I'm making a call to a newly elected president of a country that I would say something improper when I know so many people are listening on the line?' said Trump.

Trump said Biden's son Hunter received 'a payoff' for his position on a Ukrainian energy company board. And he scoffed that Hunter Biden knows less about energy than a youngster standing near the stage at the rally.

'Experience with energy, he knew less about it than this young — How old are you? Six? This young beautiful person in front. And this young 6 year old is smarter. So I think I'd basically go with her,' Trump said.

Trump called on Republicans to rally around him.

'Make no mistake, they are coming after the Republican Party and me because I´m fighting for you,' he said.

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Trump returned again and again to the Ukraine scandal swirling around him as he addressed the energized crowd

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Trump was in Mississippi to endorse Republican Lt. Governor Tate Reeves, who is seen speaking at the rally

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Members of the audience listens as President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo

People packed into the arena, many after waiting hours to get in. The capacity crowd was reported at 15,000.

The rally in Tupelo was Trump's first since the Democratic-led House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly, but along sharply divided party lines, to put the impeachment probe on a formal track.

That vote Thursday set in motion a likely unstoppable surge toward Trump becoming only the third American president to be impeached.

'The Democrats are crazed, they're lunatics,' Trump told reporters before leaving the White House on the Marine One helicopter. 'You can't impeach a president who has the greatest economy in the history of our nation.' 

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Trump leaves his plane next to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves as he arrives for a campaign rally in Mississippi

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The president is endorsing Republican Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves, who faces Democrat Jim Hood for governor

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Attendees at a Keep America Great Rally in Tupelo, Mississippi recite the Pledge of Allegiance

Trump is visiting Mississippi to try to shore up Republican support ahead of the state's toughest governor's race in nearly a generation, with two established politicians competing for the open seat.

The president is endorsing Republican Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves, who faces  Democrat Jim Hood, the state attorney general, in Tuesday's general election.

Trump skipped a pair of Asia summits this weekend in suburban Bangkok in favor of campaigning in Mississippi on Friday night and attending a UFC fight on Saturday in Manhattan.

The president is instead dispatching National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit and the East Asia summit.