Jackie Calmes: Hapless House Republicans weaponized impeachment. It backfired
Maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but the hapless House Republicans have finally achieved something big: an end to tit-for-tat impeachments. Of course, that's the opposite of the achievement they promised two years ago, ahead of the midterm elections that gave them control of the House. Back then, some chest-beaters were vowing to impeach President Biden as well as members of his Cabinet, ...
by Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times
Apr 22, 2024
4 minutes
Maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but the hapless House Republicans have finally achieved something big: an end to tit-for-tat impeachments.
Of course, that's the opposite of the achievement they promised two years ago, ahead of the midterm elections that gave them control of the House. Back then, some chest-beaters were President Biden as well as members of his Cabinet, starting with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the administration's border security czar, and sweeping up Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray (a Donald Trump holdover, by the way), Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken
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