Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill) said Republicans will be demanding a vote to impeach President Joe Biden every week if they retake the majority after the 2022 midterm elections.
“Back before we had all the crazies here — just some crazies — you know, every vote we took, we had to somehow defund ObamaCare,” Kinzinger told David Axelrod during an interview on his podcast. “You’ll remember, right when we took over it was we need to do the omnibus bill, but we’re not going to vote for it because it doesn’t defund ObamaCare.”
Kinzinger said that will “look like child’s play” compared to what members like Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene will be demanding of leader Kevin McCarthy.
“They’re going to demand an impeachment vote on President Biden every week,” he added.
Rep. Greene has already introduced four articles of impeachment against President Biden for the withdrawal from Afghanistan, “endangering the security of the United States and countering the will of Congress and other high crimes and misdemeanors”, “usurping Congress’s legislative authority” and abuse of power by enabling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors.
Greene also introduced an article of impeachment against Attorney General Merrick Garland for “endangering, compromising, and undermining the justice system of the United States by facilitating the persecution of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s, political rival, Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States.”
Republicans are already favored to win the majority in the House, 71% to 29%, according to FiveThirtyEight. Kinzinger said he would love to see McCarthy not become speaker.
But, if he does, Kinzinger predicted that McCarthy would not be able to do much due to the “crazies” in his caucus.
“I think it’ll be a very difficult majority for him to govern unless he just chooses to go absolutely crazy with them,” he said. “In which case you may see the rise of the silent, non-existent moderate Republican that may still exist out there, but I don’t know.”
Kinzinger, who is not seeking reelection, was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. He is currently one of two Republicans on the select House committee investigating the insurrection.
