House conservatives prep plans to impeach Biden

[riversedge]

Source: the hill





by Mike Lillis - 08/30/22 6:00 AM ET


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A number of rank-and-file conservatives have already introduced impeachment articles in the current Congress against the president. They accuse Biden of committing “high crimes” in his approach to a range of issues touching on border enforcement, the coronavirus pandemic and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.


Those resolutions never had a chance of seeing the light of day, with Democrats holding a narrow control of the lower chamber. But with Republicans widely expected to win the House majority in the midterms, many of those same conservatives want to tap their new potential powers to oust a president they deem unfit. Some would like to make it a first order of business.

“I have consistently said President Biden should be impeached for intentionally opening our border and making Americans less safe,” said Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.). “Congress has a duty to hold the President accountable for this and any other failures of his Constitutional responsibilities, so a new Republican majority must be prepared to aggressively conduct oversight on day one.”

The conservative impeachment drive is reminiscent of that orchestrated by liberals four years ago, as Democrats took control of the House in 2019 under then-President Trump. At the time, a small handful of vocal progressives wanted to impeach Trump, largely over accusations that he’d obstructed a Justice Department probe into Russian ties to his 2016 campaign. The idea was repeatedly rejected by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), not least out of fear that it would alienate voters in tough battleground districts. ...................


Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3620081-house-conservatives-prep-plans-to-impeach-biden/

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I am aghast although this crap has been going on since Biden won the election.

Link to tweet

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[Lemon Lyman]

1. Huh

Did I miss something? Do they want to impeach him because he name starts with a "J" or?

[2naSalit]

4. "D" after his name. ...nt

[CrispyQ]

23. My prediction:

They will impeach him three times so their 2024 candidate can run on Biden being the most impeached president. They are mean-spirited, junior-high pricks who either never learned or have forgotten how to act like adults.

[prodigitalson]

65. they will look like idiots to the average American.

seriously, Gym Jordan Gym Jordaning for days on end? Not a good look. Too bad gomer retired.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. "the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan."

Wasn't that ordered by the former asswipe?

[CentralMass]

7. It was. I think he withdrew 10.5k of our remaing troops and negotiated

(from memory) a May withdrawal deadline beflre Biden took office.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. tRump caved to the Taliban and handed them Afghanistan & 5,000 prisoners. But

But the RW focus only on the 13 Americans who died at the airport in the chaotic evacuation after the collapse of the country that tRump caused.

Those 13 are considered martyrs by the reich wing and are constantly raised as if Biden personally shot them.

[FoxNewsSucks]

27. MF45 also closed 10 US bases in Afghanistan just in 2020

which made the withdrawal more chaotic and contributed to every single thing they are trying to blame Biden for.

[Rebl2]

24. YES IT WAS

He was following what tfg agreed to with Afghan leaders or Taliban leaders. Had tfg still been in there, the removal of US troops would have been much worse I am sure.

[Ferrets are Cool]

38. Thank you

[IronLionZion]

31. Wars should last forever with no end in sight

[Warpy]

42. Ordered and set into stone

and former asswipe's gang did NOTHING to try to ensure the safety of people who had worked with the US during the occupation.

And that is why the whole thing was such an unholy mess. Not everybody was able to get the paperwork in order because TFG's bunch wouldn't do a single thing to expedite it.

It was a feature, not a bug, and Biden got stuck with the whole mess the Republicans caused.

[Mr.Bill]

64. Well, if they control the House,

they can impeach, but if we control the Senate we can pull a McTurtle on them and allow no witnesses to testify at the trial.

[CentralMass]

3. The GOP is morally bankruot.

[oldsoftie]

5. Meaningless. Every President since Nixon has had either Impeachment hearings or articles

filed against them.
Except Gerald Ford.
Only Clinton & Trump ever went anywhere.
This will just be a shitshow & a waste of taxpayer money. Again.

[Skittles]

66. but that is what repukes do

theater for their fucked up supporters

[oldsoftie]

67. Well the Democrats have done it too knowing it would go nowhere.

Like I said all political theater. Just like Senate hearings. Get that sound bite

[RobinA]

70. Yup!

I fully expect every President from here on out to be impeached. Impeachment now is meaningless.

[marybourg]

6. The country cannot survive in the form we know it

if these people stay in office.

[JohnSJ]

8. For what? Not trying to overthrow the U.S. government like their boy trump did.

[getagrip_already]

15. For winning, and humiliating tfg, in the face of broad gop treachery..... n/t

[onetexan]

53. Bingo!!

[thecrow]

47. They are just clutching their pearls because

they are seeing how much President Biden has accomplished in his first two years.
They feel they need to tarnish him in any way shape or form they can pull out of their ass.

[JohnSJ]

50. Yup

[Mr. Sparkle]

9. The Gop is dead, they are not a party any anymore.

[AZ8theist]

10. "Republicans widely expected to win the House majority in the midterms....

FUCK YOU..."the Hill."

FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU.
Do you're fucking job, you worthless beltway reporter IDIOTS.

Did you not hear about the 6-3 decision of the Reich Wing SC that just voided rights for 167 MILLION AMERICANS????

The Reich Wing, TREASONOUS REPUKE PARTY is going down in FLAMES in November.

Report the facts, not the conventional BULLSHIT.

[durablend]

16. RW media preparation for the "IT WUZ STOLEN" cries

Because any win by the left in a mid-term when it HAS to go to the other party will be considered illegitimate.

[llmart]

40. +1000

The people might have something to say about that statement come November.

[Bayard]

11. His handling of the pandemic

Is what pulled us through it.

I can't wait to see these bottom-feeders slithering back into the murky depths.

[Cozmo]

12. Dedicated lawmakers working for the people like ending Social Security, ACA, Guns for everyone...

Banning abortions, no voting rights and the ever popular tax cuts for the rich. You'd be a fool to not vote extremist red!

[William Seger]

13. Yet another reason why the MAGA party must be burned to the ground

They're morally and intellectually unfit to govern.

[no_hypocrisy]

14. Ever since Clinton, it almost seems like tradition for a Republican House to impeach

a Democratic President. How Obama skipped it, I'll never know.

[maxsolomon]

35. He came close with that Tan Suit

really pushed their buttons.

[Chainfire]

18. We want to exercise our political power to impeach the president. We will invent specific

charges later. Toxic politicians will be the downfall of the nation.

[DownriverDem]

19. Even though

folks say they want the investigations into trump to continue, MAGA repubs will end them. They have been saying all along that they will impeach Biden if they take the House. They suck so much.

[Justice matters.]

25. The good news ARE...

1- The upcoming BLUE Tsunami in Roevember.

2- IF they steal Rovember... the DOJ investigations already in Grand-Jury phases will continue as Congress has no say in them (until January 2025 minimum, if not longer).

[Aviation Pro]

20. In the unlikely event that this goes anywhere

I hope Leader Schumer shows up at the handoff, takes the document and promptly shreds it in front of the 'Spoker' and his minions.

Then smiles and says, "Go fuck yourselves, traitors."

[bbernardini]

21. I feel like they haven't thought this through.

Do they not realize that a black woman (two things they hate most) would become President?

[DownriverDem]

26. Remember

It would take the Senate to convict him and remove him.

[Rebl2]

28. Correct

Could the senate refuse to take it up?

[maxsolomon]

36. No. They'd have to go through the entire circus.

It will be appalling.

[DemocraticPatriot]

56. "Have to"? why?

The Constitution also says that the Senate must 'advise and consent' on Supreme Court nominations--- but Mitch and the GQP had no problem ignoring the Garland nomination....

[maxsolomon]

57. The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments.

When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried the Chief Justice shall preside; And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

If the GQP Senate could have avoided Trump Impeachment 1.0, don't you think they would have?

[treestar]

61. they never did - they continued to whine that

it was a travesty to impeach TFG because it would undermine the election. They didn't think of Pence for a minute.

[jalan48]

22. And the breakdown of our democracy continues..

[Hotler]

29. That should read, "A number of rank rank-and-file conservitives have already.......

Nancy should stand on the floor of the House and rip it up.

[Turbineguy]

30. The price of electing

"Enemies, domestic".

[twodogsbarking]

32. Next they will say Trump won the 2020 election.

Again.

[Bo Zarts]

33. There is SIGNAL, and there is NOISE ..

This is NOISE.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

34. The Hill articles should be banned from this forum! Reasons? Many Exhibits in evidence!

Fox, no, that army of propaganda merchants needs careful watch.

[samsingh]

37. republicans exist to impeach nonrepublicans

[jmowreader]

39. Can Bob Good be expelled from Congress for lying?

Biden has actually made the border MORE secure than it was in Trump’s day. The expulsion rate down there is the highest it’s ever been, and Biden was able to convince Mexico to spend big bucks on border security.

[lees1975]

41. Except they haven't won the mid-terms yet

and they're not going to.

[2live is 2fly]

44. I'm with you, I don't believe they'll take either house. Tfg was impeached for

perfectly legit reasons (both times). This, what they're talking about now is simply revenge and a huge waste of tax dollars. Of course that never stopped them before.

[lees1975]

45. They can't seem to see that this kind of rhetoric

is exactly one of the reasons why they're not going to win. They offer nothing of value, no agenda, they're not even advancing a conservative agenda any more. They're just angry, mostly insane Rush Lamebrain clones trying to stuff tax dollars in their pockets and those of their friends.

There's nothing going on with them at this point that will attract new voters. And while I'd prefer Democrats and moderate independents were motivated to vote by positive policy, if this negativity and defense of crime pushes those 80+ million Biden voters to mid-term polls, that's fine. Let it.

[treestar]

62. also they are not realizing that if they do that

it will make them look worse and they will lose even bigger the next time. And their saying they will do it undermines their cases for being elected.

[Initech]

43. For what? Actually doing his job?

I hate these morons. I really, truly do.

[LiberalFighter]

46. Mike Lillis is not keeping up with the news.

Republicans gaining control of the House is not a sure thing.

[ificandream]

49. Bullshit: "The conservative impeachment drive is reminiscent of that orchestrated by liberals ... "

This sentence: "The conservative impeachment drive is reminiscent of that orchestrated by liberals four years ago, as Democrats took control of the House in 2019 under then-President Trump" is total garbage. The only reason why the Orange Bimbo didn't get pulled from office was because of gutless Republicans. There were plenty of reasons to remove him from office.

[samsingh]

51. but trump stealing top secret material and selling to our enemies is okay for these traitors.

[Cha]

52. GOTV DEMS for the F'ucking

Midterms!

That will Keep McCarthy & his Treasoous Goons AWAY from Any Stupid "impeachment" SHIT.

[onetexan]

54. Damn GOP are trying to change the narrative & media attention away from the Con

Same 'ol look over there trickery. Aunt crabby calls bullsh!t.

[onetexan]

55. Damn GOP are trying to change the narrative & media attention away from the Con

Same 'ol look over there trickery. Aunt crabby calls bullsh!t.

[Hekate]

58. Unamerican lunatics

[LetMyPeopleVote]

59. House GOP reveal they intend to impeach the most scandal-free President and Administration

Link to tweet

[honest.abe]

60. Meaningless dumb stunt and waste of time.

Biden will probably joke about it if it happens.

[hamsterjill]

63. Oh fuck them all.

There should be some type of consequence against wasting Congressional time and money on frivolous crap like this.

[Oneironaut]

68. Is every President just going to be impeached now?

Messing something up isn’t an impeachable offense.

The whole process is meaningless now. It should be reserved for severe crimes, like fomenting a mob and using it to attack the Capitol.

Like, imagine the impeachment hearings? “Uhmm… Biden pulled our troops out of a country that had already collapsed to the Taliban, and, his son likes cocaine”

[AngryOldDem]

69. This is such bullshit political theater.

Impeach a man for doing a job that they don’t ideologically agree with, yet fall behind and ass-kiss a treasonous, seditious, and insane asshole.

Yup…makes perfect sense for today’s GOP.

[IzzaNuDay]

71. Nothing better to do...

Guess climate change, drought, weather calamities, hunger, poverty, infrastructure rebuilding aren’t priorities anymore. But they have all the time to impeach a president!

[Traditional Liberal]

72. Let them try

they can waste their time in control if they want to.

[867-5309.]

73. My guess is they'll use the border as an excuse

Not that he's done anything impeachable. That's an issue that gets the base worked up.