The House Republicans’ vote this week to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is pointless and totally symbolic — a complete triumph of the drive to provide programming for GOP-aligned media over anything resembling doing the nation’s business.

Republicans have found no evidence that the president has done anything wrong and yet they are charging ahead anyway.1Republicans have spent years looking into Hunter Biden’s various foreign business adventures without finding any evidence that Joe Biden was involved with his son’s business or that it influenced his actions in office. The investigations accelerated when Republicans gained a majority in the House this year and several committees made them a priority. Yet, as the New York Times reported, the investigations have “failed to produce evidence of anything approaching high crimes or misdemeanors” — something several Republicans admitted, even as they voted for the formal inquiry.

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House Republicans’ Impeachment Push Is Pure Theater

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15.12.2023

The House Republicans’ vote this week to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden is pointless and totally symbolic — a complete triumph of the drive to provide programming for GOP-aligned media over anything........

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