The speaker and his members are caught between two competing forces: conservative eagerness to target the president and skittishness from members in battleground seats.
They have nothing to contribute because they have no higher priority than themselves.
I’ve yet to hear any Republican level an actual charge against Biden for impeachment. When Trump was impeached, we knew exactly why the impeachment proceedings were happening both times.
Republicans are just engaging in a reckless and cynical stunt to get revenge on Biden for beating Trump.
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I’ve yet to hear any Republican level an actual charge against Biden for impeachment. When Trump was impeached, we knew exactly why the impeachment proceedings were happening both times.
Republicans are just engaging in a reckless and cynical stunt to get revenge on Biden for beating Trump.
WaPo put together a list of the supposed reason for impeachment and who proposed the idea. They are all crazy pants:
Impeachment threats
President Biden: Afghanistan withdrawal (Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, others)
Biden: border security (Greene, Reps. Bob Gibbs, Bill Posey and Andrew Ogles)
Biden: Hunter Biden’s business dealings (Greene, Ogles, Reps. Jim Banks, Claudia Tenney, others)
Biden: covid-19 eviction moratorium (Greene, Gibbs)
Biden: selling oil from strategic reserve to foreign nations (Greene)