The GOP’s Impeachment Inquiry Into Joe Biden Is a Cynical Gamble
We have to impeach Joe Biden before we can find out whether he’s worthy of impeachment. That’s my interpretation, at least, of the House Republicans’ decision to vote for an impeachment inquiry on Wednesday.
The operative word is inquiry. Still, this smells like a fishing expedition—that is to say, an investigation in search of a crime. There is no direct evidence that Biden is guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors.” On this, even some House Republicans agree. And yet, even Republicans who warned about “retribution politics” still voted to support the probe.
They were persuaded to do so because, as The New York Times notes, “The impeachment inquiry resolution does not accuse Mr. Biden of any wrongdoing.”