Ken Buck criticizes McCarthy for suggesting a potential Biden impeachment inquiry as a distraction tactic.
Rep. Ken Buck Criticizes McCarthy’s Comments on Possible Impeachment
Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) has called out House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) recent remarks regarding a potential impeachment of President Joe Biden. Buck argues that McCarthy’s comments are merely a distraction from more pressing matters, such as the debt ceiling.
Buck expressed his support for an investigation into the president but dismissed calls for impeachment as nothing more than “impeachment theater.” He believes that focusing on impeachment detracts from the important tasks at hand and sets unrealistic expectations for the public.
“What he’s doing is saying there’s a shiny object over there, and we’re going to focus on that. We just need to get all these things done so we can focus on the shiny object,” Buck told CNN on Wednesday. “This is impeachment theater. I don’t think it’s responsible for us to talk about impeachment. When you start raising the ‘I-word,’ it starts sending a message to the public, and it sets expectations.”
McCarthy’s comments came after he stated that potential misconduct by the president had reached a level warranting an impeachment inquiry. Such an inquiry is a preliminary step towards initiating articles of impeachment.
Meanwhile, House Speaker McCarthy is facing pressure from within his own party to backtrack on a previous agreement he made with President Biden to raise the debt ceiling earlier this year.
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“We right now are starting the appropriations process, and there is no consensus on what the [budget] number should be,” Buck explained. “Kevin McCarthy promised when he was running for speaker one set of numbers, and then he made an agreement with President Biden for the debt ceiling increase on another set of numbers. The party itself is not in agreement, and we’re going to have some real trouble passing some appropriations bills.”
The deadline for both chambers of Congress to reach a budget agreement with the White House is September 30. Failure to do so could result in a government shutdown.
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