Republican Representative Lauren Boebert from Colorado used his privilege to ask the House of Representatives 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 protecting the US-Mexico border from smuggling the synthetic opioid painkiller, fentanyl, which is both drugs. Addictive.
"Republicans need to unite and get this man out of office for his negligence at the southern border," Boebert wrote on Twitter on June 21.6.
Page The Hill Reportedly, many Republicans have criticized Boebert because her impeachment resolution is too weak, affecting the party's investigation effort into the activities of the Biden family to prepare for an election. greater impeachment in the future.
Ms Boebert is said to have promised to reconsider the resolution and will attend a meeting with colleagues on June 21.6. However, she broke her promise when she asked to vote and did not attend the meeting.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held a closed-door meeting with Republicans and asked them to vote against when Boebert's resolution was introduced to the House.
Democrats are preparing a motion to block the impeachment resolution before it is put to a vote, and the move is expected to succeed. In the event that the resolution is still passed through the House, it is also unlikely to pass as Republicans hold a narrow majority of 222 seats compared with 212 seats for Democrats.
The White House also issued a statement condemning Boebert's actions, calling it a "baseless political game" to attract attention and would not help the people.
Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Green, who also plans to call for impeachment of Biden, two ministers, a judge and the FBI director, supported Boebert's resolution but said internal divisions had prevented her prevent Republicans from passing an impeachment resolution.
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In addition to Boebert's resolution, Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna of the Republican Party also issued a resolution reprimanding Democratic Representative Adam Schiff, accusing him of excessively abusing the trust of the American people, spreading reports false accusations that Donald Trump's election campaign colluded with Russia, and dishonest behavior in the first impeachment case against Trump. Schiff is leading the first impeachment inquiry against a former Republican president.
The resolution was blocked before but was finally approved on June 21.6 after Luna removed the content calling for a fine of $ 16 million for Mr. Schiff and a number of other edits.