Republicans will face pressure to impeach Biden if they win House, Mace says
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) said on Sunday that if Republicans win the majority in the House of Representatives in the November elections, they would face pressure to impeach President Biden.
“I believe there’s a lot of pressure on Republicans to have that vote, to put that legislation forward, and to have that vote,” Mace said of an impeachment vote when asked by NBC “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd.
“I think that is something that some folks are considering,” she continued.
Mace did not reveal how she would vote in the event of an impeachment proceeding against Vice President Biden, but she did note that she did not vote to impeach former President Trump in 2021 because “due process was stripped away.”
“I will not vote for impeachment of any president if I feel that due process has been stripped away for anyone, and I typically vote constitutionally regardless of who’s in power,” she told Todd.
“I want to do the right thing for the long term because this isn’t just about today, tomorrow, this year’s election. This is about the future of democracy. This is about protecting our constitution.”
The first step towards the president’s impeachment has already been taken by other participants in Mace’s conference.
The next day, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a member of the Republican Party, filed articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden the day after his inauguration. The articles say that Biden is abusing his power by letting his son, Hunter Biden, run a business in Ukraine.
The leadership of the House Republicans published an overview of their legislative platform, called “Commitment to America,” last week in case they win the majority in the House.
The agenda calls for “rigorous oversight to stop government abuse of power and corruption,” citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the way the Biden administration handled the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
When asked about possible plans by Republicans to impeach President Joe Biden, Mace said on Sunday that she would rather keep the focus on lowering inflation and making the economy better than “chasing that rabbit down the hole.”
“I do believe it’s divisive, which is why I push back on it personally when I hear folks saying they’re going to file articles of impeachment in the House,” she said. “I push back against those comments because we need to be working together.”
