Current Events > GOP Suddenly Not As Interested In Impeaching Biden; Seeking An Exit Strategy

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https://newrepublic.com/post/179789/house-republicans-desperate-biden-impeachment-exit-strategy

Despite drumbeating for more than a year to impeach Joe Biden, House Republicans have quietly begun looking for an off-ramp in the face of an overwhelming lack of evidence against the presidentand a rapidly shrinking majority in the chamber.
Republicans have accused Biden and his son Hunter of corruption and influence peddling, but their lengthy investigation has failed to turn up any proof of the presidents wrongdoing. In fact, the biggest criminal act revealed during the course of the probe was committed by the GOPs own star witness, Alexander Smirnov. The Department of Justice has accused him of making up the allegations against the Biden family that jump-started the whole impeachment effort.
As the investigation crumbles, Republicans are starting to sour on it entirely. I dont think we have the will to impeach Joe Biden, Texas Representative Troy Nehls told Fox News on Tuesday. We just dont.
Some lawmakers dont even want to bring the impeachment to the floor for a vote. Although Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett warned Politico that the base is going to demand it, his fellow party members dont think its worth it.
Thats not a vote you put on the floor if you dont have a chance of passing it, North Dakota Representative Kelly Armstrong said.
Whats more, Colorado Representative Ken Buck announced Tuesday that he would leave Congress in a matter of days. His departure further shrinks the House GOPs already razor-thin majority, making it that much more difficult to pass anything, let alone articles of impeachment.
Republicans have three main options to take their foot off the gas. First, they could issue criminal referrals to the Department of Justice, recommending that the department prosecute certain people. These referrals are nonbinding, meaning the department can choose whether or not to act on them.
At the end of the day, what does accountability look like? House Oversight Chair James Comer, who has spearheaded the charge against the Biden family, said last week on Fox News. It looks like criminal referrals. It looks like referring people to the Department of Justice.
A criminal referral falls far short of Comers originally stated goal, which was to impeach and ultimately remove Biden from office. But with his probe going up in flames around him, the Kentucky representative is just looking for an exit strategy, a congressional Republican told ABC, speaking anonymously.
Comer could be seeking to play a longer game here, though. He could issue criminal referrals in the hope that Donald Trump will be reelected in November. Trump, who backs the impeachment effort, could then instruct the Justice Department to take up the charges.
Republicans could also seek to pass laws that tighten restrictions on influence peddling, but that could backfire. Its unclear whether the Democratic-controlled Senate would pass such a bill, but Democrats could agree to pass the measures in order to crack down on Trumps profiting off the Oval Office.
Finally, the GOP could continue to subpoena documents and witnesses and even sue people who dont comply. But this could drag the process out for years, which would do nothing to actually help Republicans going after Biden.

If I believed the GOP's bullshit, I'd be pissed that they're not interested in voting on the impeachment.

This DOJ isn't going to go after the nothingburger that would be whatever criminal referrals they issue and a Trump DOJ would be so poorly ran after Project 2025 that they'd be more likely to find themselves guilty than a civilian Joe Biden.

GOP (slowly) going up in flames.

Lmao, suck on it, fascists.

wackyteen posted...

If I believed the GOP's bullshit, I'd be pissed that they're not interested in voting on the impeachment.

The thing is that people who believe GOP bullshit don't have the brain function to understand the hypocrisy.

The "exit strategy" is everyone involved in this farce leaving office after issuing an apology for wasting public funds and time on it.

Of course, we aren't getting that. So.

The dems should force them on it. Make them follow through so everyone can see how full of shit they are.

I can't believe he was able to hide his crimes so well. How far down does this corruption go?

did they finally realize that even if they impeach him they'll still have a Dem president?

Yea, they only have a 4 vote lead or something.

perhaps they should seek an exit strategy from trump while they're at it

KnightofShikari posted...

perhaps they should seek an exit strategy from trump while they're at it

If they properly sought an exit strategy from Trump it would destroy the party and who knows how long it would take them to coalesce the same support base again. They've made a lot of blunders in/since the Trump years under the presumption that if he comes to power again, they won't be able to be challenged.

I dont think we have the will to impeach Joe Biden, Texas Representative Troy Nehls told Fox News on Tuesday. We just dont.

No see, the word you're looking for is "evidence".

You don't have the evidence to impeach Joe Biden, and never have, and we've been pointing that out for years now.

So once again, the brainless GOP has finally caught up to where everyone with two brain cells to rub together landed years ago.

they never had evidence there supposed mole was lying and working for russia the gop shoould be in prison

mybbqrules posted...

No see, the word you're looking for is "evidence".

You don't have the evidence to impeach Joe Biden, and never have, and we've been pointing that out for years now.

So once again, the brainless GOP has finally caught up to where everyone with two brain cells to rub together landed years ago.

Technically speaking, they absolutely could impeach Biden without any evidence, for the same reason they could do so just on the grounds of not liking his haircut, if they really wanted to. The problem for them is that if they were to do something that stupid and nakedly partisan, that could convince a lot of swing voters that the GOP might not be able to be trusted with power, and either vote for Democrats or (more likely) stay home instead of voting for Trump like they otherwise might.

The Hunter Biden nonsense lent the impeachment movement some very undeserved legitimacy, especially with the corpo-rat media and voters who somehow still can't decide if they want the guy who stupidly got millions of their fellow Americans killed in his last term to have another shot. Now that it's plainly shown to be just a partisan witch hunt that the GOP started, they realize they can't make it work anymore, even among their bought-and-paid-for propaganda outlets.

Jeez, just because your star witness turned out to be a complete fraud and you literally have no case, you want to give up?

McMarbles posted...

Jeez, just because your star witness turned out to be a complete fraud and you literally have no case, you want to give up?

Indeed. This whining from pitiful defeatist RINOs is pathetic.

Who would have known that impeaching someone who did nothing wrong would be so hard?

Breaking news, witch hunt reveals the witch hunters practice witchcraft and wizardry.

They dont have the evidence, so theyll hope that Trump wins and his DOJ will arrest Biden evidence be damned.

Next time they claim he's suffering from Dementia everyone should make it a point that as hard as they tried, Republicans couldn't find any crimes on him.

Furthermore, add in that someone they claim has dementia managed to outsmart them. And ask them what that means for them.

ScazarMeltex posted...

The dems should force them on it. Make them follow through so everyone can see how full of shit they are.

Alas, the Dems dont have a good track record when it comes to that kind of assertiveness.

Also Im sure this will get lots of media coverage.