Republicans Are Already Talking About Impeaching Clinton
Nov. 4, 2016 - The G.O.P. is warning of a “constitutional crisis” if Clinton wins.
With the latest polls showing Hillary Clinton remains likely to win the election on Tuesday, Republicans are preparing for the possibility of a second Clinton White House by promising to make the next four years a living hell. Some lawmakers are talking openly about refusing to approve any Supreme Court nominees until a Republican is elected president, the F.B.I. is investigating both the Clinton Foundation and the former secretary of state’s use of a private e-mail server, and House Republicans have vowed to launch additional investigations of their own. Now, a growing number of conservatives are warning that there could be a “constitutional crisis” if Clinton is elected, and threatening her with impeachment. [snip]
President Barack Obama slammed the impeachment talk in a scathing speech Wednesday at a campaign stop for Clinton in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. “You've got some Republicans in Congress who are already suggesting they will impeach Hillary,” Obama said. “She hasn't even been elected yet. And it doesn't matter what evidence they just—they’ll find something. That’s what they’re saying already.”
Not every Republican is ready to throw Clinton in jail. In a radio interview Tuesday, Texas senator John Cornyn said discussions of impeachment were “premature” as Clinton hasn’t even been elected yet. “And unless there is some additional evidence that the F.B.I. director and the Justice Department would take to a grand jury, then she is not likely to be convicted of a crime.” But that doesn’t mean they aren’t preparing to derail her potential presidency with a never-ending series of congressional hearings and investigations that could make the gridlock and partisanship of the Obama years look cordial by comparison.
Republicans wanted to impeach Hillary Clinton
before day one. It's all about projection and partisan whining.
As always, great read, Nance!
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