Trump Encouraged the Biden Impeachment Inquiry. Imagine if the Roles Were Reversed.

The right wing would lose their collective minds.

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Anyone who follows the news at all has heard that under pressure from the far right, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has decided to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Despite not wanting to go in this direction, McCarthy is once again reminding us of just how much control the far right has over the Republican Party, and how willing he is to put any misgivings he might have aside in order to maintain his power.

Of course, Donld Trump personally encouraging an impeachment inquiry himself is certainly a factor as well.

Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, and Alyce McFadden with The New York Times write:

“…Over the past several months, Mr. Trump has kept a close watch on House Republicans’ momentum toward impeaching Mr. Biden. Mr. Trump has talked regularly by phone with members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus and other congressional Republicans who pushed for impeachment, according to a person close to Mr. Trump who was not authorized to publicly discuss the conversations. Mr. Trump has encouraged the effort both privately and publicly…”