Is Rep. Kevin McCarthy's pledge to not impeach Biden for political purposes an act of surrender before the battle begins?

American Thinker ^ | 11 Apr, 2022 | Rajan Laad

[MtnClimber]

Yesterday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appeared on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo.

During the interview, Bartiromo played a clip of Republican Congressman Greg Murphy saying that Biden has committed impeachable offenses but members of Congress are reluctant to impeach Biden because the next in line of power is Kamala Harris in whom few have confidence.

When Bartiromo followed up asking McCarthy if he was considering moving forward with impeachment (if they win a majority in the House during the mid-terms).

McCarthy responded as follows:

"Look the one thing we learned that the Democrats did, is they used impeachment for political reason. We believe in the rule of law. We're not going to pick and choose just because somebody has power," McCarthy said, adding that "at any time if someone breaks the law" impeachment may be considered "but we're not going to use it for political purposes."

[stylin19a]

It just isn't true.
Where are you getting this?
What are you reading ?
What rape allegations ?
Did you even read the articles of impeachment ?

Please read them.. you wont find an underlying rape allegation(s)...it just isn't there. FreeRegards.

[Dead Corpse]

Blackstone Chapt 9 lays out the definition the Founders used. It agrees with the definition I posted.

Such crimes matched up to the modern USC Title 18 would be literally everything from High Treason to simple assault.

You can continue to be needlessly pedantic... But it isn't going to make whatever point you think you are trying to make.

[stylin19a]

You can continue to be needlessly pedantic
ahhh...but you keep responding with useless cites and stretches.

The point being impeachment IS a political endeavor even though McCarthy seems to think that was a bad thing.

Thanks for the Blackstone link - slow loading -

We can go round and round and there probably wont be a meeting of the minds.

There is no specific definition of High Crimes and Misnomers.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-4/impeachable-offenses-overview

"the meaning of “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” is not defined in the Constitution or in statute."

be sure to look at the footnotes.

Might as well read the whole history, according to cornell law.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-4/impeachable-offenses

I'll give it a rest. I don't want to continue to beat a dead corpse
FreeRegards