The House of Representatives on Wednesday kicked off a historic hearing that is on course to end in the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

The Democratic-controlled chamber has enough votes to impeach Trump and is expected to do so later in the afternoon. The hearing began with a procedural vote on the terms of debate that the House Rules Committee fleshed out on Tuesday.

The final vote on impeachment is set to take place from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

We have heard rather impassioned speeches from members of both sides of the aisle, but one, from Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk really took the cake.

Loudermilk said Jesus was treated more fairly than Trump before he was crucified.

“Before you take this historic vote today, one week before Christmas, I want you to keep this in mind,” Loudermilk said. “When Jesus was falsely accused of treason, Pontius Pilate gave Jesus the opportunity to face his accusers. During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus than the Democrats have afforded this president and this process.”

Pilate was a Roman official who oversaw Jesus’ trial and ordered his crucifixion.

Trump has also said the women executed during the Salem witch trials in the late 1600s were granted more due process than he was.

Rep. Loudermilk: "When Jesus was falsely accused of treason, Pontius Pilate gave Jesus the opportunity to face his accusers." pic.twitter.com/HqlRYFMIaN

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 18, 2019

Republican Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana also went on a wild rant against Democrats and the impeachment inquiry, calling the proceedings a “horror” that show the US is being “devoured from within.”

Addressing Democrats, Higgins said, “Socialists who threaten unborn life in the womb, who threaten First Amendment rights of conservatives, who threaten Second Amendment protections of every American patriot,” are responsible for hurting the country.

“I have descended into the belly of the beast,” Higgins continued. “I have witnessed the terror within. And I rise committed to oppose the insidious forces which threaten our republic.”

The “deep-establishment D.C.” Democrats “call us deplorables,” Higgins said. “They fear our vote. And they fear our president.”