House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday he is directing House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, amid pressure from some hard-right members of the Republican caucus to do so.
The inquiry would center on whether Biden benefited from his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings, among other issues, McCarthy said.
“These are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption and warrant further investigation by the House of Representatives,” McCarthy told reporters Tuesday morning. “That’s why today I am directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.”
McCarthy spoke for three minutes, did not take any questions and left the lectern shortly after making his remarks. McCarthy has previously said he would not launch an inquiry without a vote by the full house.
The House faces a critical Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. McCarthy has been trying to hang on to support for a funding bill from far-right GOP lawmakers, who have been pushing to impeach Biden.
Republican leaders have been weighing whether to use an impeachment inquiry vote as a bargaining chip in the funding negotiations. But it’s not certain that Republicans have the necessary 218 votes to pass it. Some lawmakers are staunchly against it, and McCarthy has said that an impeachment inquiry would occur through a vote on the House floor, as opposed to his unilateral decision-making.
There is no such thing as a good conservative. Every conservative is vile garbage. Every single one.
It’s worth noting that even if “your guy” Republican hasn’t actually voted for or said anything bad, they are complicit in allowing their colleagues to do so.
I.e., it’s not just McConnell, but him and 49 other senators that allow him to lead.
I don’t know that this approach really works for politicians, there isn’t really anything they can legally do about their colleagues voting habits. They were voted in by their constituents to vote in their interests, it isn’t their place to force the voting habits of a different politician that was voted in by different constituents to represent them. That’s undemocratic.
I think I’d be very hard pressed to find a conservative that votes in my interests regardless though.
They can switch parties (or at least disavow the Republican Party and become independent). Failure to do that makes them complicit.
Ok, following that train of thought, what then? Where are you going with that sentiment?
This extends to their supporters as well. Especially my piece of shit father-in-law.
Remember, Trump was initially impeached for:
In his first impeachment, the House in 2019 charged Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress after he asked Ukraine to investigate Biden and his son on unsubstantiated corruption accusations.
Now, they are trying to impeach Biden for that same witch-hunt.
Edit: to be clear, Trump used Hunter to go after Joe Biden during the campaign. He did illegal shit to do it. The house repubs are trying to use Hunter again to go after Joe Biden. That’s what I mean by the same witch-hunt.
Trump was caught attempting to blackmail a foreign leader for political gain, with dramatic geopolitical implications. Hunter Biden’s minor misdeeds are a total nothingburger in comparison. I agree with the other comment, this smells of desperation.
He also allowed a foreign leaders security detail to violently assault US citizens.
When did Biden call a foreign power and threaten to withhold their funding if they didn’t investigate Trump and his children?
See my edit. I’m not doing a “both-sides-bad” thing here. I wasn’t very clear.
Thanks for handing the house to democrats in 2024, fucknutz. We all know they aren’t going to pass a government funding bill that will make it through the Senate. Even McConnell said what they are proposing HE wouldn’t vote for.
We get absolutely nothing from these assholes that benefits the American people. Only a hand job for Trump and his shitty cult members.
#VOTE THE REPUBLICANS OUT!
I agree with your intent, but doubt the optimism. Never bet on the Democratic Party to be unable to snatch defeat out of an easy victory. Unless everyone gets off their ass and Votes, we are doomed to the same corruption and waste we have watched for the past five decades.
but our choices are radical right-wing fascists or conservative do-nothing democrats. who do we vote for?
ive watched the ‘get out and vote’ mantra go nowhere for 40 years… its last gasp died when obama Shit right on bernies head. right on his head!
i am out of optimism. were all fucked.
Can’t say I disagree. My hopes lie with things like ranked choice voting. We’ll never be rid of this bullshit until we’re no longer forced to choose between two terrible people (funded by two private organizations) out of a country of 330 million.
Also moist.catsweat.com? I love it.
I watched people’s apathy result in both the Bush and Trump administrations. Both were utter disasters. Voting for the party that’s not an utter disaster is the obvious choice.
But it’s also not the only thing to do. I think the huge mistake of the Obama Administration was figuring that we elected this guy and he’ll fix everything for us. Doesn’t work like that. There’s a hundred things to do at the state and municipal levels, and a lot of them will have a more fundamental effect on your life than anything at the federal level.
Was going to say the same. If there’s one thing Democrats are good at, it’s passively discouraging democrat voters. And Republicans are really really good at riling up their voters.
If every single eligible voter was required to cast a vote, democrats would win in a landslide. But democrats don’t fucking vote, (disenfranchisement, feeling like their vote doesn’t matter, milquetoast candidates, etc,) so the numbers have roughly balanced out.
Well he’s a California republican so more like a Democrat actually /s
The inquiry would center on whether Biden benefited from his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings, among other issues, McCarthy said.
You know what? Go for it, turtle man. Waste time and money doing that bullshit, dig up nothing, continue repeating the same talking points. MAYBE the dems will grow a pair and use that as ammo, but most probably won’t.
The turtle guy is Moscow Mitch McConnell FYI. McCarthy is a different piece of shit.
Oh heck, I mixed up the turtle and the one who sold himself out to terrorists.
