President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Afghanistan in the East Room of The White House in Washington, DC on August 16, 2021. The Afghanistan issue is front and center in the latest impeachment filing against the president. (Oliver Contreras/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM/TNS)
WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — Four House Republicans have filed articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden, accusing him of failures in Afghanistan and at the border and of abusing his power by extending a pandemic-related freeze on evictions.
Texas Reps. Brian Babin and Randy Weber joined the effort, led by Rep. Bob Gibbs of Ohio. Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona also signed on.
Their resolution closely mirrors impeachment resolutions pushed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, the Georgia Republican whose peddling of QAnon and other conspiracy theories prompted the GOP caucus to shun her.
“Since January 20, 2021, Joe Biden has done nothing but launch our nation into a state of retrograde and increased vulnerability while thwarting the rule of law at every turn,” Babin said Thursday, announcing his support for impeachment. “He has failed miserably at his duties as Commander-in-Chief and violated his oath of office to defend the U.S. Constitution.”
Democrats control the House, albeit by a narrow majority. Just a handful of Republicans have expressed support for impeaching Biden.
So there is no chance the effort will come to a floor vote, let alone result in a Senate trial.
Like all but 10 House Republicans, those pushing for Biden’s impeachment voted against impeaching Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
It’s the sixth resolution seeking Biden’s impeachment filed since he took office. All were referred to the Judiciary Committee and have not been heard from since.
At this point in Donald Trump’s presidency only one impeachment resolution had been filed, attracting support from just two lawmakers, both Democrats: Reps. Al Green of Houston and Brad Sherman of California. That related to Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, who was leading an investigation into whether Trump’s 2016 campaign had colluded with Russia.
“While Texas Republicans waste time and taxpayer money playing political games, House Democrats are busy doing the hard work of governing,” Monica Robinson, spokeswoman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said Friday. “Stunts like this one, from the party that inspired the deadly insurrection on our Capitol, are a pointless distraction from the real work Democrats are doing to support middle-class families and rebuild our nation’s infrastructure.”
The impeachment resolution filed this week includes three articles alleging that Biden:
—was derelict in his duty to protect against invasion “by halting construction of a barrier along the…
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