Dems Warned Their ‘Cheapened’ Impeachment Process During Trump Term Could Haunt Them With Biden
Charlie Kirk Staff
07/26/2023

Some Republicans have warned Democratic colleagues that because they “cheapened” the impeachment process during then-President Donald Trump’s term, it could come back on them with President Joe Biden.
But other GOP senators have said that the party should not go down the same path as Democrats.
The remarks come amid mounting evidence gathered by House Republicans appearing to indicate the current president being heavily involved with several corrupt business deals as vice president with his son, Hunter Biden, including allegations of an outright bribe consisting of millions of dollars.
It also comes after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) hinted that an impeachment inquiry may be right around the corner based on testimony from federal whistleblowers and the alleged discovery of hard evidence.
“You’d have to have the argument,” Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters Tuesday. “It’s a high threshold. I’d assume they’d have to have evidence and some process where they would at least get that evidence if they don’t have it.
“Clearly, the statements they’re making would lead me to believe they have evidence. Or they think they have evidence that could reach that threshold of high crimes and misdemeanors,” Thune added.
“I’ll say what I said before, and that is I think the best way to change the presidency is win the election… I think it’s in our best interest to be making an argument for why we need to have the majority in the House, the Senate and the White House come Jan. 2025,” he added.
During a Monday night interview on “Hannity,” McCarthy intensified discussions about the possibility of impeaching Biden by asserting that the situation has reached the point of a “rising impeachment inquiry,” Fox News reported.
The Speaker emphasized that evidence discovered during House committees’ investigations into the president’s actions might require a comprehensive inquiry to further examine the alleged corruption involving the Biden family.
“You’ve got IRS whistleblowers saying something when it comes to government treating the Bidens different. You’ve got an informant claiming that the Biden family had been bribed. Should you ignore that, or should investigate that?” McCarthy told reporters Tuesday. “The only way you can investigate that is through an impeachment inquiry. So the committee would have the power to get all the documents that they would need.”
Other Republican senators chimed in as well to warn that what Democrats did during Trump’s administration may wind up hurting their president.
“It’s getting to be a habit around here, isn’t it?” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said of impeachments in general.
“No, it’s not,” Cornyn added when he was asked if it was a good thing. But he added: “Unfortunately what goes around, comes around.”
“But obviously, the stuff that the House is revealing about the Biden family business is very disturbing. But obviously, the Senate doesn’t have any role in that,” he noted as well.
“I’ll wait to see what evidence they present,” added Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. “But we’ve got to do the homework. They cheapened the process the last two impeachments and we don’t want to repeat that mistake.”
“No one should be impeached, certainly not a president, unless there is substantial evidence that the president has committed a high crime or misdemeanor,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said. “I’m not going to support – and I’m not suggesting this is what Kevin has suggested – but I’m not gonna support impeaching somebody just because I don’t like their politics.”