In an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press,” Mace hinted that there would be a move to impeach President Joe Biden if the GOP wins control of the House this year. “I believe there’s pressure on the Republicans to put that up and have that vote,” Mace said. “I believe that’s what some people are thinking about,”
When asked about the likelihood of impeachment proceedings on Thursday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who is anticipated to become speaker if Republicans win the majority, skirted the question.
The rule of law shall be upheld by us. We won’t use it for political purposes,” he declared before cryptically adding, “But we’ll do whatever the law and the facts require.”
Is that a “no” then?
The truth is that certain members of the Republican conference, particularly those who support the House Freedom Caucus, have been discussing the possibility of looking into and impeaching Biden for some time.
Republican leaders will also have to deal with a rising demand from their right flank to start impeachment proceedings against Biden, which GOP leaders have so far refrained from embracing, if they are to remain in power. Freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a divisive firebrand from Georgia, has already sponsored a number of legislation to remove Vice President Joe Biden from office and charge him with serious offences.
Rep. Bob Good of Virginia, a fellow Freedom Caucus member like Rep. Tom Greene, declared at the time that Joe Biden had purposefully harmed the nation more with the border problem than any other president in American history. For that reason alone, leave alone for anything else, he should be impeached.
Attempts by the party in power in the White House to remove the inhabitant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue are commonplace in recent history. Bush was the target of liberal democrat impeachment attempts. Obama was under fear of impeachment from Republicans. The Democratic-controlled House did in fact impeach Donald Trump twice. (The Senate cleared him both times.)
Today, it is understandable that impeachment is used only as a political tool by the extremist factions of both party to criticise and denigrate the president.
Given its previous history, there is little reason to believe that Republicans in control of the House would avoid starting an impeachment process, but it is still unclear exactly what they would try to do to Biden.
This is especially true given the possibility that the Republican majority, if they do indeed have one, will be small, which would give the Freedom Caucus, a strong group of around 40 members, a lot of influence over McCarthy and the rest of the leadership.