House Republicans may be moving full steam ahead with their impeachment inquiry into President Biden, but a GOP senator cautioned that the president might not be impeachable.
The whole point is to 'normalise' all the issues with Trump's presidency so that the public just sees impeachment etc as a normal political process rather than a sign of something being seriously wrong.
They don't have to find a specific statute to charge him under, but they do have to present some sort of coherent accusation of wrongdoing to avoid looking quite so much like the absolute clowns they are.
They don't care about looking like absolute clowns. They only care about appeasing Trump and MAGA base. Both say that Biden needs to be impeached. They don't care why - just impeach him. If anyone says they look like clowns, they'll just call those people "woke liberal elites working for Soros globalists" or "RINOs" (depending on whether they are Democrats or Republicans).
Then, if they lose their elections due to a blue wave, they'll parrot Trump, claim voter fraud, and demand that they be installed into office because they won when you subtract all the "fraudulent" (read: Democratic) votes.
The inquiry is because his son had a job, and they are generally suspicious because of that. And he said hi to his son on the phone once. There's literally no accusation, they're trying to find something to accuse him of.
Literally the guy running the impeachment inquiry. Similar checks were revealed to have been written by and to Comer after he said that the checks proved Joe Biden did illegal things.
But for some reason Comer thinks his checks are fine but Biden's are criminal.
The optimist in me wants to say: "yeah, you go girl!"
But the pessimist in me is saying: "cool, so if they're so bad, who ARE you voting for?"
Out of the options, the lesser of two evils is easier to fight against.
Edit: I don't actively support Biden. But between the guys who promise to either: A) have made it their purpose to impoverish and delegitimacize everyone but themselves, and the people that, B) are trying to do so without getting caught
I'll go for the people that don't want to get caught. They're at least minimizing the damage they do to the world. 🙄
Extra edit for the dipshits that can't read properly: I was saying that between the Bidens and the big orange blob and his fanatical cohorts, I'd rather have the Bidens. Y'all think I'm talking shit about the wrong person, and that reading comprehension (or lack thereof) is why I don't actively support EITHER side because they're BOTH full of fanatical retards.
I love how you just read whatever you wanted to, and then wrote this scree like we give a fuck what you think, and you're not even intelligent enough to catch the joke that's literally one sentence long.
Republicans: This guy is the oldest president in the history of the USA, what do you mean his son isn't pulling the strings? That is how it works with all elder politicians!
Honestly, it's kind of amazing that they have spent all this time investigating Biden and haven't found anything crooked. How is that even possible for a politician at his level?
Well as far as I see it he either is the folksy Grampa that he wants you to believe he is or he is a lizard person protected by dark forces within the world government. I see no other options.
I mean, as far as I can tell they have found a lot of crooked, IE suspicious as hell, stuff. Just nothing actually illegal. Like, it was both legal and crooked for him to get his son on the board of a Ukrainian gas company. Seems like everyone skips over that there is plenty of substance in the nonsense republicans are yelling about, this time. Though tbh I could be wrong, because I have no way of knowing for sure which parts of their yelling are completely made up and which are a twist of the truth.
Lol would be hilarious if this was referring to Hunter. "Oh wait, shit this guy's not in the government? Why the fuck have we been talking about him for the last 4 years?!"
Greene: "Because I wanted to introduce his penis photos into the Congressional record. I mean, look at this thing!" (Holds up a giant poster board sized zoom in on Hunter's privates.)
I'm just surprised that anything has come out of his mouth that resembles any understanding of the law. As an Oklahoman, my bar is pretty much on the ground for our politicians.
I don’t think they actually need a valid reason for impeachment.
They could have impeached Obama for wearing his brown suit. Or Jaywalking when he went to the restaurant and put ketchup on his burger or whatever the heck that was about.
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The best part is their Orange Leader is trying to get Courts (at the Supreme Court now) to rule that the President has some kind of ultimate immunity. This would of course put Presidents above the law and out of reach of even the Supreme Court. It would also of course make it so Biden could do whatever he wanted (not that he actually would) - negating their whole farce.
Its so stupid too, because that's literally against the written word of the constitution. The damned thing literally says that the president is still liable under the rule of law even after being impeached and removed from office. These chucklefucks don't give a single wet shit about the constitution, they're just hoping their base is stupid enough to go along with the subversion.
But since they put having power above party/country/the law, the chance they would put an aspiring dictator into power that wants to take the Supreme Courts power away, seems slim to nil.
Exactly. Say the President has absolute immunity to do anything he wants. Joe Biden could then declare Trump Public Enemy #1 and have him imprisoned pending trial. Then all MAGA Republicans could be called Public Enemies 2 through however many and have them imprisoned. And doing this would be perfectly legal because the President is immune.
Of course, the President isn't immune, Biden wouldn't do this, and he'd be wrong if he did. Still, if we accept Trump's assertion that the President can do anything he wants and it's always legal, then they are opening the door for Biden to take any action he wants with no repercussions.
I'm pretty sure the stuff the Rs were actually going after Clinton over didn't happen in office either, Lewinsky just presented a big target they could attach it all to.
Well yes and no. Special console ken starr was appointed over possible tax evasion. He found out about Monica. Then Clinton got in trouble over that AND lying about it. Bill narrowly avoided purjery charges.
This is why he asked questions like what the definition of "is" is. He wanted to be absolutely certain what he could get away with without committing perjury.
He did not have sexual relations with that woman because he had them define what they meant by sexual relations, and they said intercourse. So a blowjob literally didn't count. He asked for the definition of is because whether that just meant currently or at any time in the past was central to his answer.
In my opinion it would be a disaster if you could receive compensation for future policy input, act on that input in office, and be immune simply because you were not in office when you received it.
Just prove he did or did not do it instead of whatever this nonsense take is.
lol. Here is how this is going to play out. Nothing will happen officially on this until next fall, within 30 days of the election. Then, there will be “leaks” to the media about details of Biden guilt, which will be complete bullshit but an attempt to swing independent voters.
I don't think that that is the case here though. I agree what you're saying in terms of a presidential candidate for example. But let's be real, it's already happening there. Candidates accepting campaign donations in return for implied favorable consideration if they win.
In my mind though, what you're taking about still pertains directly to the presidency and would be fair game for impeachment. To me, it isn't so much important whether the person is in office, but whether the prior action impacts their ability to preside (mostly) free from undue external influence.
Goddam “facts” and “reality”. So often creating problems for extremists. Too bad that “alternative facts” phrase became a punchline instead of a legitimate part of our vocabulary.
By the letter of the text, "bribery, treason, or high crimes and misdemeanors" are all things one does in office which betray the dignity of the position. "High crimes" means crimes done by those in a place of authority.
So no, whatever Hunter stuff from before the election they're trying to base the impeachment on would not be impeachable if you're trying to be Constitutional.
But, there's no one who can judge what counts as impeachable except the people who vote on it. They can really impeach/remove someone for whatever reason they want, they just need enough people to agree.