Kevin McCarthy holds the title, but not the power.
He is not in charge of the Republican caucus. No one is.
The few most radical extremist fringe element (ironically self-labeled the “Freedom Caucus” while they want Big Intrusive Government to micromanage every aspect of your personal life) now wants to impeach Biden, without even the slightest evidence of any actual wrongdoing by Joe Biden.
“Freedom Caucus”? More like CHAOS CAUCUS.
Joe’s son may have done some bad stuff, but unlike Trump’s demon spawn (with father and spawn fully intertwined in each other’s business and political activities), Joe Biden was not involved at all in his son’s business dealings.
Oh, and the CHAOS CAUCUS also wants to shut down the government in furtherance of the chaos on which they thrive (and which benefits their Moscow Master).
If milquetoast McCarthy resists, this radical extremist fringe will invoke the “motion to vacate” — essentially a “no-confidence” vote that can be invoked by just a single member — which was inserted into the rules as the price of voting McCarthy the speakership on the fifteenth ballot last January.
Milquetoast McCarthy previously had assured the public that he would not move forward with any impeachment inquiry without a full vote of the House.
But more rational Republicans, who recognize the groundlessness of the demands by the most radical extremist fringe, and note that it cannot pass the Senate and is more likely to backfire and result in House seat losses next November, do not support such a move. This is especially true of the most moderate Republicans, the ones who flipped Democratic seats in 2022 that Biden had won in 2020 and which hold those seats by the narrowest of margins.
The moderates do not support either impeachment or shutdown, so McCarthy could not get the votes. But despite his earlier pledge, he is moving forward anyway, by fiat, his individual order, NOT the House vote he had promised.
Kevin McCarthy holds the title, but not the power.
He is not in charge of the Republican caucus. No one is.
The few most radical extremist fringe element (ironically self-labeled the “Freedom Caucus” while they want Big Intrusive Government to micromanage every aspect of your personal life) now wants to impeach Biden, without even the slightest evidence of any actual wrongdoing by Joe Biden.
“Freedom Caucus”? More like CHAOS CAUCUS.
Joe’s son may have done some bad stuff, but unlike Trump’s demon spawn (with father and spawn fully intertwined in each other’s business and political activities), Joe Biden was not involved at all in his son’s business dealings.
Oh, and the CHAOS CAUCUS also wants to shut down the government in furtherance of the chaos on which they thrive (and which benefits their Moscow Master).
If milquetoast McCarthy resists, this radical extremist fringe will invoke the “motion to vacate” — essentially a “no-confidence” vote that can be invoked by just a single member — which was inserted into the rules as the price of voting McCarthy the speakership on the fifteenth ballot last January.
Milquetoast McCarthy previously had assured the public that he would not move forward with any impeachment inquiry without a full vote of the House.
But more rational Republicans, who recognize the groundlessness of the demands by the most radical extremist fringe, and note that it cannot pass the Senate and is more likely to backfire and result in House seat losses next November, do not support such a move. This is especially true of the most moderate Republicans, the ones who flipped Democratic seats in 2022 that Biden had won in 2020 and which hold those seats by the narrowest of margins.
The moderates do not support either impeachment or shutdown, so McCarthy could not get the votes. But despite his earlier pledge, he is moving forward anyway, by fiat, his individual order, NOT the House vote he had promised.