Republican lawmakers seek to impeach President Biden

Republican Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado has invoked her special privilege to ask the House to vote this week on a resolution to impeach President Biden, according to Reuters.

Boebert's resolution accuses President Biden of breaking his oath of office by failing to enforce immigration laws and protect the US-Mexico border from the smuggling of the synthetic opioid painkiller, fentanyl, which are both addictive drugs.

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"Republicans need to come together and remove this man from office for his dereliction of duty at the southern border," Boebert wrote on Twitter on June 21.

The Hill reported that many Republican lawmakers criticized Ms. Boebert for her weak impeachment resolution, affecting the party's investigation efforts into the activities of Mr. Biden's family in preparation for a larger impeachment in the future.

Ms. Boebert reportedly promised to reconsider the resolution and attend a meeting with her colleagues on June 21. However, she broke her promise when she requested a vote and did not attend the meeting.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has met behind closed doors with Republicans and asked them to vote against Boebert's resolution when it comes to the House floor.

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Democrats are preparing a motion to block the impeachment resolution before it comes to a vote, and that move is expected to succeed. Even if the resolution still moves to the full House, it is unlikely to pass, given Republicans' narrow majority of 222 seats to Democrats' 212.

The White House also issued a statement criticizing Boebert's actions, calling them a "baseless political stunt" aimed at gaining attention and not helping the people.

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, who also plans to call for impeachment of Mr. Biden, two attorneys general, a judge and the FBI director, supported Ms. Boebert’s resolution but said internal divisions had prevented Republicans from passing an impeachment resolution.

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In addition to Boebert’s resolution, Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna also introduced a resolution censuring Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, accusing him of grossly abusing the trust of the American people, spreading false accusations that Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia, and dishonest behavior in the first impeachment of Mr. Trump. Mr. Schiff was the person who led the first impeachment inquiry into the former Republican president.

The resolution was blocked earlier but finally passed on June 21 after Ms. Luna removed the content calling for Mr. Schiff to be fined $ 16 million and some other edits.

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