Our 2020 book is titled Divided We Stand: The 2020 Elections and American Politics. Among other things, it discusses the state of the parties. The state of the GOP is not good. Riley Rogerson at The Daily Beast:
House Republicans are going all-in on President Joe Biden’s impeachment, with a nearly unanimous House GOP gambling Wednesday that voters will reward and not punish their impeachment inquiry into the president despite a yearslong investigation that has, thus far, not delivered any real evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors.
By a straight party-line vote of 221-212, Republicans formalized the effort to unearth—so far unsubstantiated—impeachable links between Biden and the shady business dealings of his son, Hunter.
The vote marks a shift for centrist Republicans who reportedly squirmed earlier this year at having to go on the record with the Biden impeachment inquiry vote under former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). The since-deposed speaker weaseled his way around that dilemma by initiating an impeachment inquiry without subjecting his vulnerable colleagues to an uncomfortable floor vote.
But under new Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), the House charged ahead with a floor vote shepherded by the chairmen of the Oversight Committee, the Judiciary panel, and Ways and Means—James Comer (R-KY), Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Jason Smith (R-MO), respectively.
Q: What are you hoping to gain from an impeachment inquiry?
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) December 13, 2023
GOP Rep. Nehls: Trump 2024, baby pic.twitter.com/oqFykWmLhl
Comer: My concern is that he indicted Hunter Biden to protect him
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 8, 2023
Tapper: Ahh yes, he indicted him to protect him
Comer: This whole thing has been about a coverup
Tapper: He indicted him to cover it up? pic.twitter.com/ws5XIRwes1
