Posted on 11/12/2023 7:30:52 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Johnson previously claimed in July documented evidence "proves" Biden family is "hopelessly corrupt."
"We found checks to Joe Biden and evidence of a massive money laundering scheme and now the new guy you are told is way better doesn’t want to impeach. Such progress," says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) reportedly claimed Friday that “there is insufficient evidence” to launch impeachment proceedings against Joe Biden.
Johnson reportedly cited the lack of sufficient evidence “at present to begin formal impeachment proceedings” during a closed-door meeting with House GOP moderates, according to the Washington Post.
Johnson’s newfound sentiment was reiterated by Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), who claimed, “We’ll just go where the evidence goes and we’re not there yet.”
“Most of us are saying, look, we can’t even get a single Democratic vote on this right now. I think the voters will reject what they are seeing when it comes to Biden [policies] — but high crimes and misdemeanors? I don’t think we’ve seen that or enough data to really make a good case and I feel like [Johnson] really agreed with us on that,” Bacon added.
This represents a major about-face from Johnson’s posture in July, when he claimed that evidence “proves” the Biden family is “hopelessly corrupt.”
“The evidence now shows — it proves — that the First Family is hopelessly corrupt. They’ve been involved in extortion, bribery schemes and tax fraud and incredible abuses of power,” Johnson said.
“We have now $17 million and counting of these amounts of money that have been uncovered that were put into these ghost companies that the Biden family put together, many of which when Joe Biden was vice president to hide the sources of this funding. And it involves China and Ukraine, adversaries around the world. It’s a very serious and alarming problem.”
Political commentator Tim Poole speculated that Johnson’s 180-degree pivot was part of a larger political calculus aimed at defeating Biden in the 2024 election.
“Maybe it’s just a 4D chess move. They know Biden is the weakest candidate here…I think they know what they’re doing here,” Poole said Friday.
Others like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) blamed Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for spearheading the removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker, who she claimed was committed to impeaching Biden.
“Not long ago we had a Speaker that believed in impeachment so much that he launched an inquiry without a floor vote, but you were told he was bad,” Greene wrote Saturday on X.
“After 8 R’s and all D’s ousted him, we found checks to Joe Biden and evidence of a massive money laundering scheme and now the new guy you are told is way better doesn’t want to impeach. Such progress,” she added.
The latest evidence of Biden’s corruption was revealed earlier this month by House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), who laid out how Joe Biden received a $40,000 check in “laundered China money” through his family.
Comer last week also issued subpoenas for Hunter, James and former Hunter associate Rob Walker, signaling the Oversight Committee is ready for Biden crime family members to give taped interviews regarding payments that passed through various channels in possible efforts to obfuscate the fact they came from foreign sources.
My sentiments exactly.
“Now you are free to hold whatever belief you want, and your belief may even be correct. All I am saying is that there needs to be a wait & see period here, before we unload. That’s all.”
They’d better hurry and get this done before the election of 2024 where the democrats might cheat their way back into the majority of congress when they’ll shut all this down.
Get the bills passed...for Israel and the "Secure the Border Act of 2023".
It would be a bit out of character for Republicans do the smart thing - but maybe they are this time: Impeached Presidents have historically done very well in their re-elections - one could argue being impeached would help Biden.
Also, impeaching Biden now would almost certainly cause the DNC to dump Joe and run Newsom instead. Do we want that? I’d rather Trump run against Biden.
So far I’ve only seen this comment coming out of some obscure Chinese dude on Twitter.
This means Dems have something on Republicans. Quid pro quo.
In Italy they would say, “La Storia Vecchia” (Same old story).
Insufficient honest Senators. Shutdown coming...
Partial quotes of Johnson supplied by unnamed sources from the Washington Post of a closed door meeting, tells me that this headline is BS.
I do appreciate the vigilance from Info Wars, but I'm not there yet with this poorly sourced "information".
There's coping, and then there's whatever this is from Tim Poole
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MGT was apparently privy to what was being said by Johnson
I believe it's clear they do have enough evidence.
With the subpoenas perhaps Johnson is trying to be complete, making the attempt to get more information from the Bidens.
According to Bacon, according to the Compost - reporting on a closed door meeting…
I will reserve judgment until I hear this from Johnson himself, and what his thought process is.
Now that I agree with 100%. But that is why it was necessary to remove Kevin McCarthy. He was slow-walking everything. Mike Johnson made a statement that has drawn the ire of some (perhaps even many), but he also made a statement earlier that was positive regarding proceeding with the investigation into Biden's corruption. I can't remember that statement verbatim, even though it wasn't that long ago. But I do remember it being positive, and it even intimated that Biden appears to be very corrupt.
The headline :
GOP Betrayal: House Speaker Johnson Now Says ‘Insufficient Evidence’ To Impeach Biden
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spins into
Johnson (R-La.) reportedly claimed Friday..
then...
Johnson reportedly cited the...
...so... The headline changed from johnsin SAID into its CLAIMED johnson said and Cites him as saying...
and not actually him saying it...
then we see who is cited as claiming is one Mr.bacon
... I feel like [Johnson] really agreed with us on that,” Bacon added.
... so “ says” is spun into what Mr.bacon FEELS ....
All behind closed doors..
Then Mr.Cernovitch
quotes the unsupported B.S. Narrative Headline
with his blue check mark...as if it’s fact and nothing more rhan the feeling of what Mr.backon CLAIMS was said...
Pure B.S Spun Narrative Creation.
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I agree, they could do it now or wait until they have indisputable evidence.
The other question is timing. Right now Biden is a dead albatross hanging around the dems neck. Why help remove him at this time? The dems could replace him with someone with a better chance to win.
The evidence will show just about everyone he is a skeevy jerk. But you won’t get enough democrats to convict.
When I hear johnson say this
THEN I’ll beleive he said it.
Exactly. Impeachments are political trials with legal trappings. Conviction in a political trial relies not on a preponderance of evidence but in numerical superiority of voting senators. And dhimmicrats NEVER hold their own accountable.
Johnson wisely knows that impeachment is a pointless exercise until and unless we regain control of both houses (rendering the exercise moot).
You have GOT to be kidding me. Every time I think that the Republican Party couldn’t possibly be more duplicitous or useless, they prove me wrong.
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