Anyone who is concerned about the prospect of Donald Trump becoming president of the United States again should join in this sincere request: Please, congressional Republicans, impeach President Joe Biden.
Earlier this month the House voted to authorize an impeachment “inquiry,” the first step in the process, with every single Republican voting yes and every Democrat voting no. But the GOP’s courage may falter should they question the political wisdom of this endeavor — or heaven forbid, decide that they need evidence of actual wrongdoing on Biden’s part before they barrel forward with a doomed attempt to remove him from office.
To call Comer a buffoon is an insult to buffoons everywhere.
It’s hard to know how many Republicans sincerely believe impeachment is substantively justified or politically wise. Some less extreme Republicans have even publicly expressed their skepticism, admitting that there isn’t sufficient evidence to warrant impeachment. In fact, there’s no evidence at all that Biden has committed any high crimes or misdemeanors. Yet the impeachment train rolls slowly forward — not at top speed yet, but with a building momentum.
The case against Biden is being prosecuted by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the Keystone Cop who chairs the Oversight Committee (there are also investigations underway in two other House committees). His central charges are twofold: First, that before Biden became president, his son Hunter used the family name to win contracts from foreign entities for not doing much (basically true); and, second, that this amounts to corruption on Joe Biden’s part (false).
To call Comer a buffoon is an insult to buffoons everywhere. Again and again, the Kentucky congressman has rushed to Fox News to announce that he has at last uncovered the smoking gun, only to hold up a handful of wilted cabbage.
Aha, Comer says, we found bank records showing that the president’s brother James gave him $200,000! It must have been some kind of…
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