In the Days of the Comedy White House sent out a plea to journalists asking for assistance in fending off the House impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. Yes, this is true! Remember when the media and Democrats were calling for Impeachment and the media was dissing Trump so bad? You understand why Trump was calling this a political witch hunt? Why Democrats get away with things for years and Republicans get bullied and get called out on things they did or did not do? Wake up folks, this is ALL for a vote! Political people don't give a crap about you or I. If they did, this sh*t that is happening between Biden and Trump would not be happening. It is like high school in politics. Anyone got popcorn?
Ian Sams, a White House spokesman, issued a memo to editorial leadership at U.S. news organizations that insisted the time has come for the “media to ramp up its scrutiny of House Republicans for opening an impeachment inquiry based on lies.”
We need a modern version of George Michael's Shoot the Dog (The song is a protest song referring to (and critical of) British Prime Minister Tony Blair and American President George W. Bush):
The memo argues that House Republicans “haven’t been able to turn up any evidence of the President doing anything wrong” and lists some comments from GOP officials expressing skepticism about the impeachment endeavor.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced the formal impeachment inquiry against Biden on Tuesday, noting that Republicans have uncovered “serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct — a culture of corruption.”
In a follow-up letter to colleagues, McCarthy outlined the various pieces of evidence GOP investigators have gathered over the past several months — including bank records and testimony — and announced a “special conference” with committee chairs on Thursday.
Speaker McCarthy just sent out this letter to House Republicans on the impeachment inquiry:
He encourages all Rs to attend a special Thursday meeting to go over this issue with committee chairs pic.twitter.com/ErrzWpGZCu
— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) September 12, 2023
Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has been tasked with leading the impeachment effort with the help of Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO).
The trio sent out a joint statement on Tuesday that said House Republicans have “uncovered an overwhelming amount of evidence showing President Joe Biden lied to the American people about his knowledge and participation in his family’s influence peddling schemes.”
The White House has put together a “war room” composed of a couple dozen lawyers, legislative aides, and communications staffers to combat the GOP-led investigations. And Democrats in Congress quickly rallied behind the president after the impeachment inquiry got announced.
At a news conference, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) declared “there is not a shred of evidence that President Joe Biden has engaged in wrongdoing.” He also said Democrats “will defend President Biden until the very end.”
Some in the media appear to be already embracing the idea that Republicans lack evidence warranting an impeachment inquiry. The New York Times, for instance, said, “Republicans have found no evidence of financial wrongdoing or corruption by the president, but said they have received enough information to warrant more investigation.”
A reporter got into an exchange Tuesday with Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), who shared examples of what the House GOP has learned in the run-up to the impeachment inquiry. But the reporter insisted the “American people can’t see that. They think it’s political revenge,” to which Perry, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, replied: “Because you don’t report on it.”
