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.
Smells like desperation.
Losing 14 ratification votes will do that to a schmuck
Smells like a well oiled propaganda machine doing exactly what it’s supposed to. I don’t think this is desperation I think it’s theater and a lot of people are eating this shit up.
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.
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!
Even if you were one of the people who thought Trump was innocent, you could understand the very clear charges against him at both impeachments. We had the transcripts of his conversation extorting Ukraine, and you had the videos of the insurrection that he directed.
The evidence against Joe Biden is … ?
It’s non-existent. That’s what it is.
This is Republicans 100 percent, beyond any doubt abusing their power. They continue to damage our democracy for the singular end of strengthening their grip on power.
In the news today: McCarthy is a liar, water is wet, and the GOP is inept.
I mean, if he did anything wrong, I support this.
But it seems like every article doesn’t really mention what he did wrong… or any sort of proof. Seems a bit premature to jump to impeachment without evidence but what the fuck don’t know.
Do you think Trump benefited from insert like a million instances of his family being intermixed into his businesses and even government roles? I hate whataboutism, but republican hypocrisy is even worse.
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.
My bad. Thanks for the clarification.
I live in California in a fairly blue congressional district with a Republican congressman. There’s a great chance this will flip my district in 2024.
McCarthy’s not bright enough to be third in line to be president. Hopefully this and the other BS he’s pulled will cost him his Speakership position and relegate him to a footnote in American history.
Oh god, they’re still on Hunter Biden’s laptop? Are we going to see Hunter Biden dick pics as part of an official House inquiry, entered into evidence and all that shit (if it hasn’t happened already)?
We’re in the midst of one of the greatest threats to human survival known to man (global climate change), and they’re putzing around with piddly-ass BS fishing expedition for whatever scraps of impropriety that they think they can dredge up. If Biden had done even a fraction of the scandalous BS that Trump did on a weekly basis, I wouldn’t mind an investigation being opened. Everyone should be held to standards, BUT given Republicans complete and blatant lack of honesty when dealing with Trump and Biden’s apparent lack of any substantial rule-breaking that anybody has been able to present any evidence of… this looks pretty much like a fishing expedition.
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.
Doesn’t help that they both sold out to Russia and their names start with Mc.
Kevin McCarthy is absolutely spineless. Trying to impeach Biden is so transparently an attempt to make Trump’s impeachmentS seem like no big deal to their constituencies.
Well he’s a California republican so more like a Democrat actually /s
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