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Ever since Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., finally won the votes to become the new speaker of the House, there’s been a barrage of bipartisan speculation that the concessions he made will have long-term repercussions on how we govern. One change gives a single lawmaker the power to oust the speaker, which “strengthens the smallest caucus of all the caucuses” according to Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. Another concession includes a rule that says spending cuts will have to come with any move to raise the debt ceiling. Straight Arrow News contributor David Pakman believes there will be two other big priorities for the ultra-conservatives, besides obstructing every move made by Democrats.
That’s one priority. Second priority. They’re going to go after Joe Biden. Now, will they impeach Joe Biden in the House? Remember, impeachment is done by the House. The indictment or acquittal is handled by the Senate, by the Senate vote. Are they going to impeach Joe Biden? I don’t know. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to. I believe Lauren Boebert wants to. Some other Republicans say absolutely, impeach Joe Biden. They don’t really know what for but that doesn’t really matter in modern politics. I don’t know that they’ll go as far as impeachment, but they are going to investigate what they call Biden’s crimes and all these different things. That’s number two.
And then number three, Hunter Biden, which you could say is really kind of part of number two. They are determined to investigate Hunter Biden. They have all sorts of long debunked conspiracy theories about the things Hunter Biden did or didn’t do and crimes he committed, or whatever the case may be. It’s all pretty uninspiring particularly because Hunter Biden, number one, has no role whatsoever in Joe Biden’s administration, unlike Ivanka and Jared and others. And number two, because Hunter Biden isn’t running for anything. So really, when we say their priorities are obstructing investigate Joe, investigate Hunter – it’s really two priorities, obstruct, investigate the Bidens.
The question is, will that be a viable strategy to justify getting elected anywhere, taking control of the Senate, keeping control of the House, taking the White House in 2024? Will that be enough? Will it be enough to say, we looked into Hunter when we looked into Joe and we held them accountable? And we prevented Democrats from doing bad things that they wanted to do? Is that enough to justify, I don’t know, putting Trump back in power in 2024? To me, the answer is obviously no. But these are the very same Republican voters who voted for Trump in the first place in 2016. So I never want to overestimate the intelligence of the Republican electorate. When you overestimate their intelligence, you often end up getting burned and with incorrect beliefs.
