As the midterms near, House Republicans are already putting together their wish list of priorities should they take back the House, and for many of them, the top priority is impeaching Joe Biden.
According to The Hill, a number of rank-and-file conservatives have already introduced impeachment articles in the current Congress against the president. They accuse Biden of committing “high crimes” in his approach to a range of issues including the irresponsible handling of the southern border, the coronavirus pandemic, and the botched withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan that killed 19 American soldiers.
With Democrats in control of all 3 branches of the government, those resolutions never had a chance of seeing the light of day, but with Republicans widely expected to win the House majority in the midterms, many of those same conservatives want to tap their new potential powers to oust a president they deem unfit. Some have said it will be their first order of business.
“I have consistently said President Biden should be impeached for intentionally opening our border and making Americans less safe,” said Rep. Bob Good (R-VA). “Congress has a duty to hold the President accountable for this and any other failures of his Constitutional responsibilities, so a new Republican majority must be prepared to aggressively conduct oversight on day one.”
According to The Hill, at least eight resolutions to impeach Biden have been offered since he took office: Three pertain to his handling of the migrant surge at the southern border; three target his management of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last year; one denounces the eviction moratorium designed to help renters during the pandemic; and still another connected to the overseas business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden.
Those proposals will expire with the end of this Congress. But some of the sponsors are already vowing to revisit them quickly next year. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), the lead sponsor of four of the impeachment resolutions, is among them.
“She believes Joe Biden should have been impeached as soon as he was sworn in, so of course she wants it to happen as soon as possible,” Nick Dyer, a Greene spokesman, said Monday in an email.
Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL), a strong Trump supporter who recently won an Illinois primary over the more moderate Rep. Rodney Davis (R), said Biden should be removed “for purposely ignoring our immigration laws.”
“Biden and Harris have failed their most basic duty,” Miller said, “which is ensuring the safety of the American people through the security of our borders.”
