“We need to shut the border.… The president could take executive action to do it today—doesn’t need more money. It needs action, and this is what’s disappointing to people, and that’s why Mayorkas is gonna pay this public relations price by being impeached for the first time since 1876,” Hill said.
Notably absent from Hill’s explanation was any description of high crimes and misdemeanors committed by Mayorkas. Hill all but admitted that, with the impeachment, Republicans are aiming to make Mayorkas the face of their anti-Biden, anti-immigrant campaign, despite his having not committed impeachable offenses.”
Well it sounds like Hill is saying that Biden could unilaterally shut the border. Unsure if that is true, but if it is then that is at least a reason to impeach. Albeit NOT a reason a impeach Mayorkas as he doesn’t have that authority. But this could at least be a named reason to impeach Biden. This absolutely doesn’t qualify as “high crimes and misdemeanors” since it is the President’s prerogative whether or not to exercise this action, not a crime to fail to do so. But at least it’d be more of a reason than the Republicans gave last time they tried to impeach Biden.
So they impeached Mayorkas because Biden could unilaterally shut the border but hasn’t?
That what it sounded like. It’s not a good reason, but at least it’s “A” reason. Which they didn’t have any of for their Biden impeachment attempt.