Posted on 10/24/2022 7:51:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
House Republicans have for months threatened to impeach Joe Biden and equally disastrous members of his administration for their intentional attempts to destroy America if — which is now pretty much when — the GOP retakes control of the House in the midterms, now just two weeks away.
Apparently, those threats weren’t serious. At least not in Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s case. McCarthy last Wednesday downplayed talk of impeaching Biden or officials of the disastrous administration if the GOP regains control.
Just one problem. Republican lawmakers have introduced more than a dozen impeachment resolutions targeting Biden, Kamala Harris, and controversial Cabinet members, including Attorney General Merrick Garland, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
As reported by the Washington Post, McCarthy told Punchbowl News: “I think the country doesn’t like impeachment used for political purposes at all,” and,
You watch what the Democrats. They all came out and said they would impeach before Trump was ever sworn in. There wasn’t a purpose for it. If you spent all that time arguing against using impeachment for political purposes, you gotta be able to sustain exactly what you said.
Even worse, when he was asked if anyone in the Biden administration has risen to a level that would prompt him to consider impeachment proceedings, McCarthy said: “I don’t see it before me right now.”
Wait. So stage 4 TDS-afflicted Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats impeached Donald Trump — twice — and McCarthy uses that as an excuse not to impeach Biden and any number of administration officials, beginning with Merrick Garland and Alejandro Mayorkas?
Just three weeks ago, Sens. Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz put Garland and Mayorkas on notice with a blistering “grounds for impeachment” letter. And Biden? His impeachment should be a foregone conclusion if the Republicans retake the House.
Speaking of the dozen impeachment resolutions, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote five of those articles of impeachment, including for “dereliction of duty in Afghanistan,” “causing a national security crisis on our Southern border,” and the administration’s extension of the eviction moratorium during the COVID pandemic.
None of Greene’s impeachment resolutions have advanced. But after what McCarthy just said, it wouldn’t seem to matter if they had.
As far as McCarthy’s “political purposes” reasoning, would he consider the impeachment of Biden for his Afghanistan debacle, including intentionally abandoning a still unknown number of American civilians behind Taliban lines, to be a “political” impeachment? Would Biden intentionally allowing more than two million illegal aliens and untold tons of shipments of deadly fentanyl to stream across the southern border be politically-motivated impeachment?
As I said at the top, Kevin McCarthy has already played his “no impeachment” card, and midterms haven’t even happened.
As noted by WaPo, Texas Senator Ted Cruz suggested during a January episode of his podcast that Republicans would impeach Biden “whether it’s justified or not.”
That’s not how impeachment is meant to work, but I think the Democrats crossed that line. I think there’ll be enormous pressure on a Republican House to begin impeachment proceedings.
Look, I love me some Cruz, but c’mon, Ted.
If the impeachment of Joe Biden isn’t beyond justifiable by now, what would it take to push the most inept president in history over the top? And Merrick Garland, of Mar-a-Lago raid “fame,” or Alejandro Mayorkas for his disastrous mismanagement of the U.S.-Mexico border; while he continues to lie that the border is “secure”? Ted, dude, again — c’mon.
As for McCarthy, the salient question is whether he will become Speaker if the Republicans retake the House in November. Trump loyalists favor Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz or Ohio’s Jim Jordan, both of whom remain card-carrying Trump loyalists. Other possibilities include Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise and New York’s Elise Stefanik. Regardless of who might emerge to challenge McCarthy, it’s likely to be pay-per-view-quality stuff to watch.
All of that said, while the much-ballyhooed “Red Wave” is far from certain, I expect the Repubs to pry the Speaker’s gavel from Nancy Pelosi’s bony death grip. Then there’s the Senate, which could be a toss-up, and finally, the biggest prize of all in 2024, which should pretty much be a sure thing — unless Republican voters manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with a boneheaded move.
Meanwhile, cluelessly destructive Joe Biden must be stopped.
Because repubs look like weak simps if they don’t impeach. They set the standard of impeachment for the purpose of leading every article with that phrase.
Republicans should learn from the Dems’ ruthless use of power to advance their agenda.
I can’t wait to what McCarthy looks like in that dress.
Then McCarthy can’t be speaker.
It’s time for a GOP speaker with a spine.
More proof of the uniparty.
Mine too!!
You BETTER NOT BE VOTED IN, BUD!!
Prime example of why McCarthy has to be replaced ASAP. He and RINOs like him must go.
Only if Newt Gingrich is right and there is a turnover in the House comparable to 1920, when the GOP picked up 63 seats is there a possibility of overturning McCarthy. The Democrats are better at election fraud than they were a century ago.
Everything should be on the table. McCarthy is an ass.
Why say that “he” won’t impeach? It takes more than one person to impeach. I’m sick of the media acting like one or two people are in control of a body of several hundred members.
They won’t repeal Obama Care either.
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Exactly!
It’s so bad - agencies stopped responding to Minority requests regarding oversight.
And the reason they use these tactics is they know it won’t be used by Republicans against them.
NEVER trust deep-state RINOs. McCarthy is a swamp denizen.
“The select committee will be 13 members large. Pelosi will appoint all 13, though she’ll consult with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in choosing five of them.
The chair of the committee, who Pelosi will appoint, will have unilateral subpoena power.”
Pelosi rejected McCarthy’s selections.
Subpoenas, Raids, Recusals, Prosecutions, and Impeachment are exclusive tools of Democrats. Play that out …. good luck.
Well, Biden is the gift that keeps on giving.
Impeaching him may not be a good thing if he can be contained.
That’s where the idea falls apart — relying on Republicans to do the right thing…
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Tell us when this was last used successfully- and how long states have to ratify.
By all means.
You FR eepers are such knee-jerks. Trying to impeach then convict Biden is futile, fruitless and dumb. McKarthy is being smart in this.
But he sure as hell better ram legislation to build the border wall, kill the 87,000 IRS agents, cut the budget for the FBI, THE DOJ, THE ED and Transportation Dept, ...
And INVESTIGATE the sh1t out of those corrupt high techs, media, colleges, ...
Biden might veto, but let him.
I don’t deny that the arguments in favor of impeachment have merit. I would not have been mostly blasted on this thread if there weren’t valid reasons for doing so. I just think that this “go nowhere and just do it for the publicity” impeachment process has to end.
As to any control a GOP House would have over Biden it is limited to budget related items. But that can be very broad. We just have to wait and see whether they are willing to exercise that power. Your reservations on the subject certainly are backed by precedent. But the overspending and over-regulation has to stop someday and we are supposedly on the verge of electing a bunch of rebels who also think so.
And the idea of kicking Biden out of office doesn’t seem wise to me. The goofy replacement could get us in all kinds of trouble. Let Trump or DeSantis toss him out in 2024.
WTH are you talking about?
The last proposed amendment by Congress that was ratified was the 27th amendment in 1992, and was proposed in 1789.
The 26th amendment was proposed in March 1971 and ratified in July 1971.
Congress decides how long each proposed amendment has to be ratified before the proposal expires.
The last proposed amendment to not be ratified was proposed in 1978 and expired in 1985. It was proposed to repeal the 23rd amendment and give the District of Columbia full Congressional representation in Congress.
-PJ
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