Joe Biden Impeachment Looks More Likely After Walmart Confrontations: Comer

[Mad_Machine76]

Source: Newsweek

"I do. I had a reporter ask, 'What's changed?' I tell you one thing that's changed. A great thing happened during Thanksgiving. The members went home, many of them for the first time, and circulated for the first time in over 10 weeks. And they met people in Walmart and people on Main Street. So they heard from their constituents. They were like, 'What in the world have the Bidens done to receive millions and millions of dollars from our enemies around the world and did they not pay taxes on it?' So they heard from their constituents, 'Yes we want you to move forward, we want to know the truth and expect the Bidens to be held accountable for public corruption,'" Comer said. "So I'm confident we're going to have the votes to move forward with this impeachment inquiry."

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Looks like Republicans are taking cues for impeaching Biden from their "Walmart constituents"?

[Novara]

1. Hm, I haven't heard anything like that.

Not even close.

[Kablooie]

53. Just ask Q! He knows.

[badhair77]

2. I don't believe him.

I also don’t believe those legislators were slumming it in Walmart.

[Talitha]

32. Me neither.

Walmart indeed... that'd be the day!!!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

67. I imagine tfg passing the word he heard.

"People in Walmart are saying..."

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Total, unadulterated Bullshit.

Hey Comer, when you doing a public hearing of Hunter? Aren't you supposed to work from the outside to the inside? That's how the Trump investigation is working...

[Ispa77]

4. Impeachments often help the impeached electorally

So bring it.

[Warpy]

21. Not only that, most just want to get in and get out as fast as they can

Walmart is just not a "let's hang out and chat" kind of place, even the McDonald's is geared more toward take your damn burgers and run.

So he's lying again. A Republican, making a habit of lying, shocking I know.

I wish his Walmart consituents would figure it out.

[kwijybo]

31. In the South, even the streets

are a "hang out and talk" type of place. When I drive, I occasionally get blocked by two vehicles where the people are talking. Walmart is worse.

As for the rest, yeah, a lot of "the people of WalMart" around here (I live in NW TN, may Bog have mercy on me) are rabid, low-information, MAGA people.

[Warpy]

42. Never saw it in Wally's, but my experience in that down south

is limited to Florida, people with sour expressions running in and out as fast as possible, willing to shove other people out of their way at the check stand.

I do feel your pain, I fled NC for Boston many years ago. When I left Boston, I went west. NM has been a decent fit and it's getting better. The Smokies are my favorite place in the country but I won't live there. Just can't do it.

[kwijybo]

71. Lived in ABQ for 30 years

Then, retired early to come take care of my parents.

I miss ABQ, for all that I dislike cities.

I'm not part of the crowd here. I don't fit in (rational thinker, follower of science, and so on).

[whopis01]

54. The facts do not support that statement

At least when it comes to Presidential impeachments.

Andrew Johnson lost the party’s nomination following his impeachment. The party then lost the following presidential election. There were no changes in the Senate but they did make considerable gains in the House.

Bill Clinton was impeached in his second term so he did not run again. The mid term occurred during the impeachment and the party made no gains in the Senate and moderate gains in the House. The part did make gains in the following election in the House and Senate but lost the Presidential election (though it was of course widely disputed).

Following Trump’s impeachment, his party lost the Presidency, lost seats in the Senate and lost seats in the House.

So following impeachment, the impeached party is:
+0 / -3 for next Presidential election
+2 / -1 for the next House election
+1 / -1 for the next Senate election

[Mad_Machine76]

66. I get the correlations, but 2000 is so heavily disputed

I'm not sure it's a fair example. It just seems like WH party switching is pretty common after a two-term Presidency, except for Trump who had only a single term and Reagan/Bush, which gave Republicans an unprecedented (in modern times) 12 years in the WH between the two of them. And as far as Trump and impeachment? People were sick of him and his antics and came out in great numbers to get rid of him. Whether his first impeachment actually mattered electorally in the grand scheme of things, I'm unclear. People had sort of mixed feelings about that first impeachment anyway.

[whopis01]

75. My point was that "impeachments often help the impeached electorally" can not be backed up by facts

I am not saying that the opposite is true.

[Bayard]

5. I doubt that most Walmart shoppers would recognize this buffoon

IF he ever went for his crudites there.

[emulatorloo]

6. Except Joe Biden didn't " receive millions and millions of dollars from our enemies around the world," you damn liar.

I doubt Comer and Gym went to Walmart either, and he is lying about that as well.

[Delphinus]

14. And your reply title

is EXACTLY what needs to be spread in the news.

[SKKY]

7. That conversation has happened precisely ZERO times in any Walmart...

...where I live, which is very conservative Southern Indiana. So, um, yea. No.

[Mad_Machine76]

11. Hey fellow Hoosier!

Indy!

[SKKY]

55. Take 65-S for about 2 hours, and that's where you'll find me.

[LittleGirl]

50. Hey fellow Hoosier

I don't live there anymore but grew up in South Bend. Hi

[SKKY]

56. Jeffersonville, In. right here...

...which is basically a suburb of Louisville, but it's still very much Southern Indiana.

[tonekat]

8. Without Lies, the GQP has nothing

Time to start spreading rumors about them.

[noclue023]

19. They are worthless period!

[EarthFirst]

9. I'll take "Conversations that never occurred for $500 please; Alex..." nt

[mercuryblues]

10. Noone called them "Sir"

I don't believe it.

[Freethinker65]

12. Bets that Comer never entered a Walmart over Thanksgiving break

Ask for a time/date stamped receipt. And, I believe Walmart has video cameras.

[Scottie Mom]

38. His butler has it. 😂 EOM

[Mad_Machine76]

13. Of all of the things that never happened

This never happened the most

[Qutzupalotl]

15. Sort of like when W planted a fake story in the NYT

about Saddam getting yellowcake from Niger, then cited the fake story as evidence.

[ShazzieB]

16. I'm pretty sure i know where Comer pulled that story from.

It's the same place where he keeps his head most of the time.

[dobleremolque]

17. I imagine the conversation went like this:

GOP Rep in WalMart: "What do ya'll think about impeachment?"

WalMart Shopper: "Peach and mint? Don't sound like a very good flavor to me, but th' ice cream is over yonder."

[sop]

18. Walmart was closed on Thanksgiving.

And if Comer actually stopped by on Black Friday, he would have been trampled by bargain hunters trying to snap up the last remaining flat screen.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

73. Maybe a Walmart near you was closed

But not all of them.

[BaronChocula]

20. No case for impeachment ever started with

"well I was at Walmart the other day..."

[Yavin4]

22. Proof that the GOP lives in its own bubble world of reality.

Without any connection to the outside world.

[area51]

23. Who told Comer that,

the voices in his head?

[LiberalFighter]

25. How many different voices?

In my 69 years I have never heard any voices in my head. Maybe it is because I have a congenital hearing loss? But I also don't dream in color either. Are we suppose to?

I wonder if Comer has names for his voices?

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

74. I can hear conversations in my head

If I'm imagining one for creative writing. Or if I'm playing out a scenario for, say, a forthcoming meeting of some kind. But I don't hear crazy stuff like, "Go stand on the salad bar at Pizza Hut and stuff the bean salad up your nose."

I've also never had a black and white dream. If I did, I'd know something was wrong with me.

[LiberalFighter]

24. Comer lies and lies.

[onecaliberal]

26. Liars for 2000, Alex.

[Walleye]

27. So he said they were hearing their own lies repeated back to them? That's a lie

[JohnSJ]

28. Fuck newsweek

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. You believe Comer's agitprop? He been promising stuff for months

Looks like Republicans are taking cues for impeaching Biden from their "Walmart constituents"?

I do not believe Comer. I'm sure he got some real agitation about Biden back home, since there is so much disinformation.

But I disbelieve Comer's ability to bring anything of substance. After all, he shows nude pictures of Hunter but refuses to consider Hunter testifiy in the nude.

[Mblaze]

30. It does Americans no good

To consider China an “enemy”.

[relayerbob]

33. One moron at Walmart

Put down his glue-sniffing bag long enough to ask the question prompted by numerous Fox Noise lies.

[bucolic_frolic]

34. Walmart shopper IQs are running the country. This is not democracy. This is survival of the stupidest. /nt

[Cadfael]

35. Is this really "Latest Breaking News"??

[Mad_Machine76]

45. It was on the front of the news page on Microsoft News

Not “news” IMHO but it’s out there.

[calguy]

36. Well, if you don't have a shred of evidence...

You can always fall back on Wal-Mart shoppers.

[ejbr]

37. These hypocrites n/t

[tirebiter]

39. The bullSHITbegan when New York gave their House seats to the Republicans

It wasn’t just to Santos either.

[hay rick]

40. Childish lies.

It would be comical if the intentions were not so malicious.

[rso]

41. Biden

Rethugs in the House can only lose three votes in their caucus, it’s certain that at least 3 rethugs will vote against an impeachment inquiry.

[Skittles]

43. LOL

they pimp for Donald Fucking Trump while demanding "accountability" for Joe Biden - HOW does The Onion compete with this shit?

[barbtries]

44. WTF is this idiot blathering about?

and why is MSN playing it on their channel?


i swear to gawd we're going down.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/30/trump-dictator-2024-election-robert-kagan/

[hadEnuf]

46. Again,

impeach Biden for what?

[Mad_Machine76]

65. If they knew what for

I assume they would have already started it, right? RIGHT?

[usonian]

47. Walmart doesn't allow you to drive into their stores in your golf cart.

Nor do they allow ⬜️ trash to be brought in.

[Bluethroughu]

48. The people of walmart have spoken...

[Afrocat]

49. So that's all it takes to impeach?

just talking to some random jerks on the street? Don't need any sort of evidence or reason. Billy Bob Cletus said Let's go Brandon to you while out shopping for, (lemme check the list for the least woke cheapest beer this week), eh I don't care to find the information. In any case they need to get out of here with that nonsense and stop wasting everybodies time.

[Skittles]

51. sure, bro

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

[Joinfortmill]

52. What doofuses

[mwb970]

57. What idiots republicans are. Dear God.

[mwb970]

58. A guy came up to me in Walmart.

Big guy, strong guy, tears running down his cheeks. "Sir, oh sir, Why do you let the Bidens get away with crime after crime?"

[Skittles]

72. *SNORT*

[pwb]

59. Asking Walmart shoppers in a $7.25 minimum wage state.

Yeah it is tough on them. The slave wages that their Red state allows is the fault here. IMO.

[riversedge]

60. Huff Post: Comer Makes Walmart Comment That Draws Snickers From White House Spox

Link to tweet

?s=20


James Comer Makes Walmart Comment That Draws Snickers From White House Spox
The Kentucky Republican's explanation for why he thinks the GOP is ready to approve an impeachment inquiry got mocked by a Biden aide.

By Ron Dicker Dec 4, 2023, 09:04 AM EST


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“We were in Washington, D.C., for 10 weeks, and there are about 15-20 moderates,” Comer said. “They really worry about what CNN says, or what The Washington Post writes, and they were getting in their head, Maria.”

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Ian Sams, a White House spokesman for oversight and investigations and special assistant to Biden, was definitely amused.

“Burisma, it’s the talk of Walmarts nationwide!!!” he snarked with a laughing-cry-face emoji on X. The president’s son, Hunter Biden, sat on the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma while his father was vice president, prompting complaints from state department officials and speculation of corruption by others.

“So we are unified at a time when I think it’s no secret our conference is broken in a lot of ways,” Comer continued. “The members have heard from their constituents back home. They have confidence in the credibility of our investigation, and the mountains of evidence we’ve accumulated. So I’m confident we’re gonna have the votes to move forward with this impeachment inquiry.”

Link to tweet

?s=20

Link to tweet

?s=20

[70sEraVet]

61. Like everything in Walmart,...

this impeachment will will be made in China.
Or Russia.

[Blue Owl]

62. A perfectly sane constituent

[Owens]

63. The Party of Photo Ops

So they claim they went to Walmart and have ZERO photos of meeting these fake constituents? Me thinks, they are lying, again.

[andym]

64. Why would what some constituents stated in a Walmart have any bearing

even if true, such statements are irrelevant. Impeachment should only be undertaken for strong evidence of "high crimes and misdemeanors."

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

68. Comer mischaracterizes Hunter Biden car payment reimbursement to his dad

As House Republicans move toward a floor vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has again mischaracterized evidence of payments from Hunter Biden to his father.

In an email to reporters, a spokesperson for Comer claimed that the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating Biden, had obtained bank records revealing that Hunter Biden’s law firm, Owasco PC, which had received payments from Chinese-state-linked companies and other foreign companies in the past, made direct monthly payments to Joe Biden. The email claimed the payments “are part of a pattern revealing Joe Biden knew about, participated in and benefited from his family’s influence peddling schemes.”

The three payments of $1,380 that occurred in September, October and November of 2018 — nearly two years after Biden had left the vice presidency — were actually for a 2018 Ford Raptor truck Joe Biden had purchased that Hunter Biden was using, according to an email verified by a Washington Post forensic analysis.

“There Chairman Comer goes again - reheating what is old as new to try to revive his sham of an investigation,” Hunter Biden’s attorney Abbe Lowell said in a statement. “The truth is Hunter’s father helped him when he was struggling financially due to his addiction and could not secure credit to finance a truck. When Hunter was able to, he paid his father back and took over the payments himself.”

https://wapo.st/41eN25S

[prodigitalson]

69. I think Comer is actually dumber than Gohmert....at least in the 'name that sounds like Gomer' category

[Hope22]

70. Because the measure of whether a president should be impeached

…is what Walmart shoppers want! When will the madness stop?

[Ferrets are Cool]

76. Bull Shit smells better than this does.

Comer is a douche.