cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/27268080

House Republican investigators accused President Joe Biden of engaging in “impeachable conduct” as part of a long-awaited report. It’s unlikely to change a reality the party has faced for months: They don’t have the votes to impeach him.

The 291-page report released Monday by the Oversight, Judiciary and Ways and Means committees comes roughly eight months after Republicans formalized their impeachment inquiry against the president. Their sweeping investigations, largely focused on the business deals of Biden’s family members, have gone on even longer, informally starting around the time they first took the House majority in January 2023.

Republicans on the committees are accusing Biden of two offenses they argue meet the bar for impeachable conduct: abuse of power and obstruction. They’re the same charges that House Democrats cited in the 2019 impeachment against then-President Donald Trump — an inquiry frequently mentioned in the House GOP report.

“The Constitution’s remedy for a President’s flagrant abuse of office is clear: impeachment by the House of Representatives and removal by the Senate,” the committees write in the report, adding they are releasing the report to the House “for its evaluation and consideration of appropriate next steps.”

  • NeuromancerM
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    -63 months ago

    I never said Nate said she would lose. What I said is she is not guaranteed to win. Her numbers don’t show that. What Nate has said is that once she starts to talk about policies, she may lose her lead. He has also said she needs a 4% national advantage is win, which she doesn’t have.

    • @breadsmasherOP
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      73 months ago

      “Shes going to lose”

      What are you basing your position on

      “Go read nate silver”

      Nate Silver never said that

      “Well I never said nate said she would lose”

      What are you even on about. Are you just trolling?

        • @breadsmasherOP
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          73 months ago

          Finally! You engage in a real discussion and post a source which backs up your claim

            • @breadsmasherOP
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              73 months ago

              Yes. The sources to back your claims up. Which I repeatedly asked for many comments ago

              • NeuromancerM
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                -53 months ago

                Can you backup your claim that incumbents share no advantage?

                • @breadsmasherOP
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                  83 months ago

                  Thats not what I said. Here, I will copy and paste it to make it nice and easy for you

                  Incumbents do have a better chance. But impeaching the current one to suddenly put a VP in, and then applying the same logic of “incumbent better” makes no sense.

                  Try again.

                  • NeuromancerM
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                    -63 months ago

                    It makes perfect sense if you understand Biden is a liability, and she would become the incumbent.

        • Zeppo
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          33 months ago

          Trump is actually too stupid to comprehend what policies he’s supposed to be discussing. I like when he explained recently “a tariff is a tax on a foreign country!”. What a moron. It’s sad that the GOO came up with such a complete cretin as their candidate again.