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WATCH: CNN Host Swats Down Matt Gaetz For Lying About GOP’s Bogus Impeachment Inquiry

On Tuesday, without a formal vote of the full House of Representatives, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) instructed the relevant House committees to begin a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

In his announcement, McCarthy said, “These are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption. They warrant further investigation by the House of Representatives.”

McCarthy’s move was a complete capitulation to extremists in the House GOP caucus. One of those members, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), later praised McCarthy’s move, but also suggested he might call for the Speaker’s removal, Newsweek notes:

“I rise today to serve notice: Mr. Speaker, you are out of compliance with the agreement that allowed you to assume this role. The path forward for the House of Representatives is to either bring you into immediate, total compliance or remove you pursuant to a motion to vacate the chair,” Gaetz said on the House floor.

“So we’re either going to get compliance, or we’re going to start having votes on motions to vacate, and we’re gonna have them regularly. I don’t anticipate them passing immediately. But I think that, you know, if we have to begin every single day in Congress with the prayer, the pledge and the motion to vacate, so be it.”

Gaetz appeared on CNN Tuesday evening to explain why he supported the impeachment inquiry called for by McCarthy, citing “bank records, devices, laptops, travel records” as “evidence” of high crimes and misdemeanors by President Biden.

But when host Abby Phillip explained that Republicans have yet to provide a shred of actual evidence against the president, a flabbergasted Gaetz exclaimed, “Are you trying to tell your viewers you don’t believe Joe Biden was involved in Hunter Biden’s–“

Phillip responded:

“Congressman, it’s not what I believe, it’s about whether there is evidence that president Biden is linked to the misdeeds that might be linked to Hunter Biden. That’s the issue.”

There is absolutely no evidence of crimes by President Biden. There are only accusations without any substance and constant mentions of alleged misdeeds by the president’s son, Hunter, who has never worked a day in the administration, unlike Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, who were top advisers to failed former president Donald Trump and later received a $2 billion payoff of gratitude from a Saudi investment firm.

House Republicans are about to go down a road that will lead to them getting wiped out in the 2024 election, so at least something good will come from their idiocy.

 

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Gaetz And Greene Attack Each Other Over Biden Impeachment Inquiry Announcement

Earlier this morning, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced that he was calling in all relevant House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, though he failed to specific what high crimes or misdemeanors he thought Biden might have committed.

According to NBC News:

Speaking to reporters during a news conference Tuesday, McCarthy said an impeachment inquiry into Biden is a “logical next step” of the GOP-led investigations that have been going on for months.

“This logical next step will give our committees the full power to gather all the facts and answers for the American public is exactly what we want to know the answers,” he said. “I believe the president would want to answer these questions and allegations as well.”

House Republicans, McCarthy said, “uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct.”

“These are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption,” he said. “They warrant further investigation by the House of Representatives.”

While most Republicans in the House said they supported McCarthy’s move, the two biggest GOP showboats of them all, Reps. Matt Gaetz (FL) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA) feuded on social media over who had been the most vocal about the impeachment inquiry.

Gaetz posted, “When Speaker McCarthy makes his announcement in moments, remember that as I pushed him for weeks, [Fox News host Brian] Kilmeade said I was: “Speaking into the wind” on impeachment,” wrote Gaetz. “Turns out, the wind may be listening!”

That led Greene to counter:

“Correction my friend. I introduced articles of impeachment against Joe Biden for his corrupt business dealings in Ukraine & China while he was Vice President on his very first day in office. You wouldn’t cosponsor those and I had to drag you kicking and screaming to get you to cosponsor my articles on the border. Who’s really been making the push?”

As is so often the case with self-absorbed assholes like Gaetz and Greene, both have a desperate need to be seen as leading their party. But their party is currently being led by little more than a lust for vengeance and a desire to curry favor with the twice-impeached Donald Trump.

 

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Matt Gaetz Lets The Cat Out Of The Bag On GOP Talk Of Impeaching Joe Biden

 

Even as House Republicans continue to proclaim on a daily basis that they have “proof” of crimes committed by President Joe Biden that warrant impeachment, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) admitted that the real reason for all the GOP talk of impeachment is nothing more than a political ploy.

Appearing on a right-wing radio show, Gaetz remarked:

“I worked very hard in January to develop a toolkit for House Republicans to use in a productive and positive way. I don’t believe we’ve used those tools as effectively as we should have. We’ve got to seize the initiative. That means forcing votes on impeachment. And if Speaker McCarthy stands in our way, he may not have the job long. Let’s hope he works with us, not against us.”

A toolkit, huh? That’s certainly on-point considering that Gaetz is one of the biggest tools on the planet.

Since McCarthy has such a narrow majority in the House, it’s very possible that hardliners like Gaetz will eventually get their way on a formal vote regarding opening an impeachment inquiry, even though they have no evidence whatsoever to warrant such a move.

Not long after Gaetz made his comments, White House spokesperson Ian Sams fired back:

“On the heels of openly admitting the goal of impeachment isn’t to get to the truth but instead to damage the President politically, Matt Gaetz is yet again confirming that House Republicans’ evidence-free impeachment stunt is being driven by the demands of the most extreme, far-right members of Congress. Last week, Marjorie Taylor Greene threatened to shut down the government if she didn’t get an impeachment vote, and now Gaetz is threatening to potentially oust Speaker McCarthy if he doesn’t give them what they want. If Speaker McCarthy opens an impeachment inquiry simply to throw red meat to the right wing, it will yet again prove this is nothing more than a costly, illegitimate, politically-motivated exercise not rooted in reality.”

Gaetz and his extremist colleagues in Congress are trying to protect their political savior, Donald Trump, by muddying the waters in a desperate effort to distract from his four indictments (with more possibly on the way) as polling shows independent voters saying they cannot vote for Trump in light of the crimes he’s accused of.

The desperation among the GOP is so palpable that now they’re saying the quiet part out loud.

 

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Forced To Admit The GOP Doesn’t Have Evidence To Impeach Biden

Ever since they took control of the House of Representatives, Republicans have been desperately trying to come up with a reason to file articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden, suggesting that he accepted bribes from Ukrainian companies or was involved in illegal business deals his son, Hunter, made over the years.

But while members of the GOP have made all sorts of wild allegations against Biden, they’ve yet to come up with a shred of evidence and their hearings have resulted in little more than hours of humiliation for them and their entire party.

And now we have one of the most devoted Biden haters, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), admitting on Fox that there aren’t enough votes to impeach the president, which pretty much puts that Republican plan in the proverbial grave.

Speaking with Fox host Maria Bartiromo today, Greene was asked, “Do you feel you have enough votes in the membership to actually impeach Joe Biden?”

The congresswoman replied:

“I don’t think we’re quite there yet, Maria, just to be honest with you. But I hope that the amount of overwhelming evidence that has come out and continues to pour out will convince those members that are still on the fence.”

If Greene and her right-wing extremist colleagues have “overwhelming evidence,” what are they waiting for? They’re waiting for something that actually qualifies as evidence instead of the hearsay and innuendo they’ve been peddling for almost a year now.

Greene then added, “And Maria, to be honest with you, I’m so thankful you’re covering this issue because it’s been a full blackout from the mainstream media. And these members that still aren’t quite there to be able to vote for an inquiry need to hear from their people back home in their districts.”

Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zero. That’s what Republicans have when it comes to their impeachment dreams. The only reason they even talk about the subject is because they know their lord and savior, Donald Trump, was impeached twice and they can’t stand the fact that will be in the first paragraph of his obituary.

We’re not there is another way of saying, We don’t have shit, but we can’t stop talking about the subject. It’s the only thing we’ve done since we won the 2022 midterm election and we’re hoping no one will notice come 2024.

 

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Republican Says Kamala Harris Needs To Be Impeached Because She’s ‘Always Laughing’

If you thought you’d heard all of the preposterous reasons Republicans can possibly come up with for why they don’t like Vice President Kamala Harris (hint: it’s because she’s black), consider what a caller had to say on the C-SPAN program Washington Journal.

The caller identified himself as Rory from California, and it didn’t take long before he was prattling on about the 25th Amendment and how a member of the GOP could rise to the White House.

“I think Harris will never be competent and if the 25th Amendment is used against Biden then she might become the president. So, I think the 25th Amendment will get rid of Biden. And then she may be impeached and then you’ll get a Republican who is now the head of the House.”

Host Bill Scanlan asked, “What would she be impeached on, Rory?”

Rory suggested it would be because Harris is “always laughing.”

“Incompetence; always laughing like a fool. And never doing anything. Spending money on things that don’t go. And they need to close [the border] — I mean, really put real barriers if necessary with guns to stop aliens from coming over, especially the drug cartels more than the people who want a better life.”

The only reason Harris could be impeached, according to the U.S. Constitution, is for “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Last time I checked, laughing didn’t fit into either of those categories.

Again, the reason conservatives despise Harris is because she’s a strong, successful black woman, as Color of Change President Arisha Hatch noted during an interview with the Los Angeles Times:

“If it weren’t her laugh, it’d be her smile or the way she dressed.”

But it’s really all about the color of her skin and her gender. That’s what irks Republicans the most.

Here’s the video from C-SPAN: