Biden could face impeachment if Republicans win big in midterm polls
If Democrats suffer major losses in November's midterm elections -- as widely expected -- and Republican take control of both Houses of Congress, US President Joe Biden would likely face impeachment proceedings by revengeful GOP lawmakers, a report says.
Several Republican lawmakers have suggested that the right-wing party would attempt to pursue the measure against Biden should it succeed in winning majority seats in both legislative chambers, Newsweek magazine reported Saturday.
According to the report, hawkish Texas Senator Ted Cruz stated back in January that there were "multiple grounds" to impeach Biden, while Republican Congressman Ken Buck of Colorado also voiced a similar sentiment later in April, insisting that the House Judiciary Committee would "hold the hearings to determine whether impeachment is appropriate.
"We'll vote on impeachment. And then it will be presented to the full House," Buck emphasized.
Demands by numerous prominent Republicans to impeach Biden have been raised on multiple occasions, according to the report, which noted that most recently conservative Fox News host Tucker Carlson called for the impeachment of the US president following a report by the Washington Free Beacon claiming that the Biden administration had sold a million barrels of oil to a Chinese state-owned gas company.
Among the Republican lawmakers frequently demanding Biden’s impeachment is far-right Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene, who introduced her impeachment articles in 2021, arguing that Biden has abused his presidential power to help his son Hunter facilitate shady business deals with China.
Taylor-Greene reaffirmed her commitment to the idea on July 7, when the Free Beacon report was published.
The development comes as recent polls show that more than half of US citizens disapprove of the incumbent president's performance in the Oval Office.
Impeachment articles can be passed by a simple majority in the House but need a two-thirds majority in order to pass the Senate and be enforced. However, it is unlikely that the Republicans can muster enough votes to make it happen.
Biden's predecessor Donald Trump was impeached twice by majority Democratic House lawmakers during his tenure, but was acquitted by the Senate in both cases.
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