Joe Biden
Where did it all go right for Biden? Facts blunt Republican attack lines
Crime is down, inflation is falling and the border is quiet. Little wonder the House speaker is floating impeachment of the president for … something
David Smith in Washington
@smithinamerica
Sun 30 Jul 2023 06.00 EDT
It was the word that the far right of the Republican party most wanted to hear. Kevin McCarthy, speaker of the House of Representatives, said this week his colleagues’ investigations of Joe Biden are rising to the level of an “impeachment” inquiry.
Republicans in Congress admit that they do not yet have any direct evidence of wrongdoing by the US president. But, critics say, there is a simple explanation why they would float the ultimate sanction: they need to put Biden’s character on trial because their case against his policies is falling apart.
Heading into next year’s presidential election, Republicans have been readying a three-pronged attack: crime...