McCarthy rules out weaponizing impeachment
if GOP takes House majority
Washington Times,
by
Haris Alic
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
4/10/2022 4:32:08 PM
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy shut down Sunday talk of using impeachment as a political tool against President Biden on Sunday.
The California Republican who is poised to become speaker if his party wins the House majority told Fox Business Network that immediately impeaching Mr. Biden was not on the GOP’s agenda.
“One thing we learned that the Democrats did is they used impeachment for political reasons,” McCarthy said in an interview on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo. “We believe in the rule of law.” Mr. McCarthy said that Republicans would not be afraid to hold the White House accountable when in power, but ruled out weaponizing impeachment
Reply 1 - Posted by:
pros7767 4/10/2022 4:43:55 PM (No. 1124850)
McCarthy needs to go as Minority Leader. He can NEVER be Speaker!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Rich323 4/10/2022 4:48:38 PM (No. 1124853)
President Trump please kick McCarthy to the curb ASAP. Obviously McCarthy is Ryan 2.0 and showing his establishment underwear which was probably a gift from Frank Luntz. McCarthy does not display America First traits, so he should go the same as Mo.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Scout Finch 4/10/2022 4:48:43 PM (No. 1124854)
Kevin has no higher aspirations than minority speaker. Time for a conservative with a firm spine and a will to follow our Constitution.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 4/10/2022 5:01:51 PM (No. 1124864)
Of course not. He's on Team Deep State, Joe is a team mate, he'd never mess with a team mate.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
snakeoil 4/10/2022 5:02:00 PM (No. 1124865)
Problem is President Trump committed no impeachable offenses whereas Quid Pro Joe has more violations of the law than a dog has fleas. Had to pick the top one. But failure to enforce laws against illegal border crossings would be at or near the top. And he gets 10% of all of Snorter's bribes.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Quigley 4/10/2022 5:03:37 PM (No. 1124867)
How about as a tool to fulfill the constitutional duty to protect the American people?
Oh yeah. Kamel a hairass. And nasty p lousey.
But don’t worry: the fbi has it’s eyes open.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 4/10/2022 5:04:24 PM (No. 1124869)
McCastrate needs to GO. Heh numbskull, how about just doing your job regarding Impeachment? Your "friends across the aisle" seemed to have no problem "weaponizing" the Impeachment process. Impeach AND Remove is the right choice. Mash that potato.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
MDConservative 4/10/2022 5:07:57 PM (No. 1124873)
Some people apparently don't understand how elections and politics work. McCarthy “One thing we learned that the Democrats did is they used impeachment for political reasons.” Get it? He didn't rule out impeachment should Biden be "indicted" for a legitimate high crime or misdemeanor. The Hunter Emails seem to indicate that's a possibility. Now, should McCarthy have said to swing voters, "We're going to impeach the senile, old crook."? Some reasonable people might have 1) had a belly full of impeachment with PDT, and 2) don't support "political" impeachments.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
chumley 4/10/2022 5:08:36 PM (No. 1124874)
And so it begins, as every time before. All the bravery in the world when it comes to attacking his own, but complete cowardice when it comes to ones enemies.
Win or lose in the midterms, we're deemed. Enemies on one side, cowards on the other.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Dr. Constant 4/10/2022 5:22:01 PM (No. 1124885)
I would agree with Kevin for saying this. There will be enough stuff after the election to impeach Bidet for. Don't give the left any reason to vote for a democrat.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Luandir 4/10/2022 5:26:16 PM (No. 1124887)
I expect that Joe will have been removed by his own party well before the election, rendering McCarthy's position moot. But he's still not stiff-spined enough to be Speaker.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Ashley Brenton 4/10/2022 5:27:20 PM (No. 1124888)
I don't think he should be removed either. I say keep his mean, corrupt ass in there to the bitter end. The only way he gets out is to resign in shame. Don't do him the favor of getting to say "Those evil Republicans kicked me out." IMO, he should have to endure every awkward, embarrassing moment.
Because getting rid of him won't change any policy.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
GeaugaDog 4/10/2022 5:32:20 PM (No. 1124890)
Biden has committed treason. Republicans must impeach. Rich323 posted McCarthy equals Ryan. How true.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Avikingman 4/10/2022 5:32:49 PM (No. 1124891)
Flopsweat McCarthy was on Bartiromo's show this am. Couldn't answer a direct question if he tried. He's got congress blather down to a tee.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/10/2022 5:46:29 PM (No. 1124898)
A GOP victory with McCarthy and McConnell is not a win. Nothing will change in DC with those two. I support Jim Jordan for Speaker. And Louis Gohmer as second in command.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
oldmagnolia 4/10/2022 5:51:30 PM (No. 1124902)
McCarthy needs to go.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
The Remnants 4/10/2022 5:57:55 PM (No. 1124904)
It occurred to me one day that Biden is the perfect candidate for the Hate America crowd. What more could they ask for? What policy has Biden or his administration ever put into place that benefits our country? McCarthy does not want Biden impeached; no, he wants him to finish out his term. By then, our fine country will be so "transformed" that it will no longer be recognizable. I believe Saul Alinsky advised his followers to use ridicule as a weapon against an enemy. Maybe if impeachment were used as a weapon against Biden, then others would not use ridicule as a weapon against our country.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Jubal 4/10/2022 5:59:53 PM (No. 1124908)
Kevin: Listen to me, for the third time we will NOT fight back.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
OK state mom 4/10/2022 6:30:29 PM (No. 1124916)
If we don't, and we won't, have 60 votes in the Senate bringing an indictment of impeachment against Biden will do no good. By January 2023 we are going to be in so much dog do.o there will be no time to waste efforts and money on a pointless politics.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 4/10/2022 6:48:39 PM (No. 1124927)
Why not? Democrats did and it will go down in the history books that republicans had a president who was impeached - twice (those history books won't bother about it being democrats impeaching him). Republicans in the House should impeach Biden weekly. Start with handing over $80 billion in arms to the Taliban. Then move on to leaving Americans behind in a war zone. Then wide open borders. Then ... Hunter.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
BarryNo 4/10/2022 7:00:03 PM (No. 1124934)
McCarthy might not be controlling his House for very long. Biden must be shut down, immediately!!
Impeaching him, however is only one option that MUST be explored. What we need is a total investigation into the 2020 election that put him there, and if it is true they cheated massively, then all of them need tried for insurrection and treason. ALL OF THEM DOWN TO THE PIP SQUEAK ELECTION OBSERVERS!!!
Then we need to go to paper ballots, inked thumbs (like Iraq) and voter ID. Citizens only, even in local elections!! Yearly verification of election rolls.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
3XALADY 4/10/2022 7:47:46 PM (No. 1124949)
Amen, #21. Until our elections are cleaned up, nothing will change.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
RWPollock 4/10/2022 8:05:26 PM (No. 1124958)
Impeachment would give us President Harris… going from bad to worse. Unfortunately we are stuck with Biden.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Penney 4/10/2022 8:45:25 PM (No. 1124981)
He sounds like Biden saying what he won't do before he ever gets to that point. How dumb is that?!
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
RedWhiteBlue 4/10/2022 8:59:52 PM (No. 1124994)
McCarthy is a RINO and must GO! I could never stand him!
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
PCMM 4/10/2022 10:30:21 PM (No. 1125063)
Frankie Luntz told him so.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Trigger2 4/11/2022 1:35:36 AM (No. 1125133)
Get rid of this sop McCarthy if he can't even recognize why degenerate & dementia addled Joey can't be impeached.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
judy 4/11/2022 5:14:12 AM (No. 1125151)
We don't need another Paul Ryan...put Jordon n ...he's real!!! Kevin is 10000000% fake!!!
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
broken01 4/11/2022 9:02:22 AM (No. 1125255)
Good grief! Can one politician in such a high position be anymore spineless? I'm just surprised that Milquetoast McCarthy came up from under his office desk to make such a "bold statement".
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
mifla 4/11/2022 9:05:55 AM (No. 1125261)
Not a fan of McCarthy, but what he said was that the House would not impeach Biden in revenge for the House impeaching Trump twice. He did not say that impeachment was off the table if Biden broke the law, which he has and will continue to do.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Laotzu 4/11/2022 9:07:32 AM (No. 1125264)
Biden is just a figurehead, not the chief tactician.
Impeach the Judges.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
john56 4/11/2022 11:30:02 AM (No. 1125402)
Sadly, #15, Louis Gohmert is not running for re-election. He entered the race for Texas Attorney General and did not make the run-off. Current AG Ken Paxton is running against Land Commissioner George P. Bush. I wish Louis had started his run earlier as he probably was the best candidate in the four-person field for the job. I'm supporting Paxton for another term -- No more Bushes!
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
anniebc 4/12/2022 3:35:55 AM (No. 1125964)
See? Useless. Blame your congress-critter if he gets re-elected as their leader.
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