House Republicans do Trump’s bidding in vote to open impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden
The Republican-led House of Representatives on Wednesday voted on party lines to authorise an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, fulfilling a wish articulated by former president Donald Trump and many of his allies who would like Mr Biden to be tainted by the GOP-led probe as he seeks re-election next year.
Unlike the last impeachment of Mr Trump — the second of his two impeachments under a Democratic-led House — not a single member of Mr Biden’s party voted to authorise the inquiry. By contrast, 10 members of the GOP voted to impeach Mr Trump for the second time after he incited a deadly riot in hopes of preventing Congress from certifying his 2020 election loss to Mr Biden.
The resolution authorising the inquiry passed on Wednesday 13 December with 221 Republicans voting for it and all 212 Democrats voting in opposition.
The vote fulfilled a demand made by Mr Trump, who had been pushing that the House begin proceedings against Mr Biden because he had been the subject of two impeachments himself during his term.
In an August social media post on his Truth Social platform, he wrote: “These lowlifes Impeached me TWICE (I WON!), and Indicted me FOUR TIMES - For NOTHING! Either IMPEACH the BUM, or fade into OBLIVION. THEY DID
