The White House slammed House Republicans’ impeachment resolution on Wednesday as a waste of time.
“This baseless stunt is not rooted in facts or reality, but in extreme House Republicans’ shameless desire to abuse their power to smear President Biden. Fox News already reported that the only reason they’re having this vote is to ‘put a GOP win on the table for the base,’ which is sad, pathetic, and a waste of everyone’s time,” Ian Sams, White House spokesman for oversight, said in a statement.
On Tuesday, Fox News reporter Chad Pergram told America’s Newsroom anchor Dana Perino that “Republicans also want to hold an impeachment inquiry vote because they need to put a GOP win on the table for the base.”
On Thursday, Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D. introduced a resolution to formalize the impeachment inquiry. Formalizing the process would help the committees enforce subpoenas and allow the panels’ chairmen to designate open hearings in their probe into the Biden family, NBC News noted.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., has been accusing the Biden family of engaging in shady business, and claims Biden benefited from their business dealings while serving as vice president. He is yet to provide any substantial evidence to support his claims.
“Instead of doing anything to actually help people before leaving Washington for a month, these extreme House Republicans are hoping to distract from their own failed ability to govern by trying to score cheap political points in an effort to mollify Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is in open war with her own party’s Speaker,” Sams said.
