McCarthy starts to plot Biden impeachment strategy while GOP skeptics remain

[RandySF]

CNN — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and top Republicans have begun to strategize about how to move forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden this fall – the latest sign that the House GOP is seriously laying the groundwork to initiate rare proceedings against the current president.

In recent weeks, McCarthy has privately told Republicans he plans to pursue an impeachment inquiry into Biden and hopes to start the process by the end of September, according to multiple GOP sources familiar with the conversations. While McCarthy has already publicly threatened to launch an inquiry if allegations from IRS whistleblowers hold up or if the Biden administration does not cooperate with requests related to House Republicans’ Hunter Biden probe, sources say that McCarthy has sent even stronger signals about his intentions behind closed doors.

But leadership recognizes that the entire House Republican conference is not yet sold on the politically risky idea of impeachment. That’s why one of the biggest lingering questions – and something Republicans have been discussing in recent weeks – is whether they would need to hold a floor vote to formally authorize their inquiry, sources say. There is no constitutional requirement that they do so, and Republicans do not currently have the 218 votes needed to open an impeachment inquiry.

Skipping the formal vote, which would be a tough one for many of the party’s more vulnerable and moderate members, would allow Republicans to get the ball rolling on an inquiry while giving leadership more time to convince the rest of the conference to get on board with impeachment. During former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment, House Democrats ended up voting to both formalize their inquiry and set parameters for the process after initially holding off on doing so amid divisions within their ranks.




https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/28/politics/mccarthy-biden-impeachment-strategy/index.html

[Fullduplexxx]

1. They will want that going on around November 2024

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Under which hi- crime and or misdemeanor charge

[prodigitalson]

2. No way that could blow up in their faces

[leftieNanner]

3. Where are the High Crimes Kevin?

You need to find some of those before you try to impeach President Biden.

But you're too stupid to understand that.

[Sibelius Fan]

4. Whataboutism, deflection and projection run rampant.

I hate Rs. Every single one of them.

[usonian]

5. So what are the high crimes and misdemeanors?

Some possibilities:

• Bicycling without mudflaps at Rehoboth Beach?
• Wearing aviator's sunglasses without a pilot's license?
• Restricting commerce by only eating Union-Made ice cream?

Kevin and crew can go pound sand.