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Mark Z. Barabak: I traveled Kevin McCarthy's congressional district. Here's what voters say about impeaching Biden

eVory Darkins said it’ s important to hold politicians like Biden accountable,“ even if it doesn’ t lead anywhere.”.

VISALIA, Calif. —Julian Perea doesn't hate Joe Biden. If anything, he feels bad for him, given his age and what Perea regards as the president's severe mental and physical impairment.

"The guy is out of it," Perea said.

Even so, the retired Fresno police officer is glad the House of Representatives — led by his congressman, Speaker Kevin McCarthy — has taken the first step toward impeaching the president.

"We as conservatives need to fight back," said Perea, who served more than three decades in the Army and sprinkled his views with several references to war and warfare. "You have to keep the enemy off balance at all times."

When McCarthy the start of a formal inquiry into Biden's impeachment, the Bakersfield Republican was seeking to bolster his wobbly speakership and avoid a government shutdown by

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