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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Tuesday said he is directing three House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden in an effort to seek bank records and other documents from the president and his son Hunter Biden.

lol. lmao, even

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[–] judgeholden@hexbear.net 63 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Matt Christmas was right when he said there’ll never be another non-impeached president again

[–] zephyreks@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Yep. They set a terrible precedent.

[–] RonPaulyShore@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

nah, this is doa and everyone will re-learn the lesson that impeachment for piddly shit is a self-own.

[–] zephyreks@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any impeachment proceeding is almost sure to pass the House and fail in the Senate.

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[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So the right wing media will make a big deal out of any findings, which will probably have some corruption uncovered but of the vanilla, boilerplate variety everyone does in DC, the conservative base will get frothy over it, the libs will Nothingburger it, everyone else will see it as more “both parties are corrupt” background noise, impeached in the house, senate acquits.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago

This is naked corruption in the white house! - chuds libs-owned

First time? - leftists first-time

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Every president from here on out is gonna get impeached the instant the opposition has the House

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[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] riseuppikmin@hexbear.net 44 points 1 year ago

I don't have anything substantive to add but I just wanted it on the record that I think this is incredibly funny.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

I predict this exchange between a reporter and McCarthy...

"What evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors do you have to go forward with impeachment?"

"In two words - Hunter Biden."

The right-wing doesn't need a real reason or even a reason that makes sense. They just need something that can fit on bumper sticker. Plus - there's the added benefit that mocking norms and not even pretending about the way things should work drives libs insane.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

michael-laugh hell yes. Every future president will be impeahed, but not for any of their actual crimes. This is the future of the US politics of spectacle. Impeachment is the new vote

[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

tbh impeachment was always a political tool expressly and its actually amazing that it took so long for us to get to the point where we starting using it as such instead of some dreaded and special thing

[–] Snackuleata@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The election cycle is going to be insufferable if both the candidates have been impeached.

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[–] MCU_H8ER2@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago

Bidens gonna be like yum I love peaches 👴

[–] TokenBoomer@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whoever said this was gonna happen deserves a banana split

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[–] riseuppikmin@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm incredibly upset that there haven't been attack-lines from the GOP about drug decriminalization efforts in blue states being a tactic to clear hunter 's name.

Like come on it's right there for the taking.

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago

Kevin McCarthyism kelly

[–] MaxOS@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

hunter biden-rember "no more crack till November 2024!"

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

Mr. President Biden, you're going to jail bucko.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just going back and forth with impeachments forever. It’s great.

Tbh he deserves it, they all do

[–] Elon_Musk@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

back and forth forever ))<>((

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[–] cosecantphi@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

can't wait for every president to continue committing horrific atrocities and crimes against humanity while they literally all get impeached (but never ever fucking convicted) over stupid bullshit no one cares about

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[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

I just want healthcare.png

[–] dom@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hunter Biden's schlong pictures will finally be added to the official record.

Imagining future civilizations researching the fall of the American empire and coming face to face with hunter

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[–] root_beer@midwest.social 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An opportunity to take a swipe at Biden and distract from the impending shutdown? Manna from heaven!

Even the Senate GOP says this is Dumb and Bad

[–] YouKnowIt@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, they're doing debt ceiling shit again? Feels like they literally just did that

[–] riseuppikmin@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The US can't innovate anymore in any capacity it's just re-runs

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They need to hurry up if they're going to beat Trump's record of being impeached twice

[–] footfaults@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

Opening the congressional GOP playbook that in big font had "Repeal Obamacare" and scratch it out and replace with "Impeach president"

[–] RonPaulyShore@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

i'd like to see ol' joe slip out of this one!

[–] RION@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

lets-fucking-go more drama sloppies for me yum yum

[–] tuga@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Much like the trump impeachment this will probably fail and just boost the president's ratings for a while

[–] SimulatedLiberalism@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah this is proof that the Republicans are just as clueless as the libs. They’re giving the Dems a chance to have people rally behind their back, like how conservatives of all stripes are now rallying behind Trump because the libs have triggered their persecution complex and they now see the indictment as a persecution against conservatism in America.

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[–] operacion_ogro@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm surprised it took them this long, I assumed after Trump's impeachments that repubs and dems would be in an impeachment slap fight in perpetuity

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[–] Delphinium@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

These guys truly do not give a fuck about the people.

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[–] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Honestly surprised it took them this long. I assumed they were going to pass a couple impeach votes once they captured the house so that Biden would have been impeached more times than Trump.

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[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

critical-support because this is funny

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

They still going after the Hunter Biden-Burisma connection or is it some even wackier q-tier shit? Is Biden embezzling the adrenachrome?

[–] WIIHAPPYFEW@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

RAISE OUR FUCKING WAGES jokerfied

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