House conservatives prep plans to impeach Biden

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It’ll be something to do with Hunter, or Afghanistan.

It would be something to do with Hunter; per lots of polling (and commentary by Shor and so forth), this is essentially the worst issue for Biden out there. Even if there's not an impeachment, an incredibly extended congressional investigation showcasing stuff like what the Tablet Mag article covered is essentially a certainty. I don't even know that impeachment is a political loser, necessarily -- the Benghazi investigation was hugely successful at lowering Hillary's favorables, and I think the second Trump impeachment was probably a success in keeping Democratic favorables high in the first half of 2021. You would have to avoid things like the Clinton impeachment or first Trump impeachment which seem to ordinary voters as being about trifling matters, though.

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I literally can't wait to see who McCarthy picks as the impeachment managers for the Senate trial. MTG? Boebert? Gaetz? Jordan? This is going to be a disaster of historic proportions for republicans and they're too dumb to see it.

Issa ran the Benghazi investigation and is the most obvious choice to run an investigation with similar goals into the Biden Presidency. Who the impeachment managers would be I don't know; there's usually been a preference for members of the House who are attorneys (but non-exclusively so), and there's usually low double-digits total, so I think Gaetz and Jordan are both possible, the latter especially since he has lots of pull with leadership. (Gaetz less so because I think leadership finds him annoying). People who have served on the House Ethics Committee also seem a little likelier than others, so I'd suggest Michael Guest, Kelly Armstrong, and David Joyce as decently likely possibilities.