{"id":2028891,"date":"2023-09-12T06:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T10:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-impeachment-push-overshadowed-by-house-gop-focus-on-president-its-really-biden\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T06:07:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T10:07:10","slug":"mayorkas-impeachment-push-overshadowed-by-house-gop-focus-on-president-its-really-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-impeachment-push-overshadowed-by-house-gop-focus-on-president-its-really-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayorkas impeachment effort overshadowed by House GOP&#8217;s focus on President Biden."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmayorkas-impeachment-push-overshadowed-by-house-gop-focus-on-president-its-really-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2028891&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republicans Shift Focus from\u200c Mayorkas to Biden<\/h2>\n<p>Shortly after Republicans won \u200bcontrol \u2063of the House\u200b last\u2062 November, then-Minority Leader \u200cKevin McCarthy \u200c(R-CA) \u200bcalled on Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro \u2064Mayorkas\u200d to resign. If he refused, the GOP \u200dleader threatened to investigate Mayorkas for his failure at the border and, if \u200cneed be, open an impeachment inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Now eight \u2063months\u200c into the\u2063 GOP majority in the House, the desire to\u2062 impeach Mayorkas is \u200cbeing overshadowed by a\u200b more\u2063 pressing desire to impeach his boss, President\u2064 Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He has very obviously failed \u2062in his\u200c core mission of securing our border and our homeland,\u2064 and he well deserves to lose \u2064his job,&#8221; Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA),\u2064 vice \u200dchairman \u2062of the Republican Conference,\u2062 said \u200cof Mayorkas. &#8220;However, \u200bdue to our\u200b limited time and resources, \u200bwe have no choice but \u200bto focus \u200cour\u2062 primary attention on further\u2062 uncovering the crimes of President Biden and his \u2062family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since Republicans took the reins in \u200cJanuary, the House GOP\u200c has opened an investigation into Mayorkas \u2064and has \u2063so far released two\u2063 interim\u2063 reports detailing what lawmakers allege is a \u2062\u201cdereliction\u200d of duty\u201d that has caused\u200b a crisis at the border.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-impeachment-push-overshadowed-by-house-gop-focus-on-president-its-really-biden\/\" title=\"Mayorkas impeachment effort overshadowed by House GOP's focus on President Biden.\">introduced\u2064 impeachment legislation\u2063 earlier<\/a> this year to remove \u2063the border\u2063 official from office, but more\u200c recently, she has used her political firepower to call for the \u2062impeachment of\u200b Biden, whom she&#8217;s dubbed the \u2064&#8221;criminal in chief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He [Mayorkas] should have already been\u2063 impeached,&#8221; \u2064Greene told the Washington Examiner. \u2064&#8221;The entire \u2064country doesn\u2019t understand why \u2063he \u2064hasn\u2019t been \u200bimpeached already. The Biden administration has ripped \u2063our border wide open and \u200cis\u2063 letting an invasion happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To further push the Biden impeachment, Greene initially signaled that her support for funding the\u2064 federal government beyond Sept. 30 was tied to a vote on the president&#8217;s impeachment inquiry, but \u2064she\u200c has since\u2064 softened her timeline a bit.<\/p>\n<p>While no formal move \u2064has been made on the Mayorkas impeachment\u200c front, a source familiar told the\u200b Washington Examiner that members of the \u2062Homeland Security \u2063Committee are amid \u200ba five-step plan to \u200dimpeach Mayorkas \u2063\u2014 although \u200dthe status of those efforts is not\u200b entirely clear.<\/p>\n<p>It appears \u200dto some GOP members that\u200b Mayorkas\u2019s impeachment may never happen at all, especially as\u2062 there has been very little talk about it from House Republican leadership since\u200d the investigation into Hunter Biden&#8217;s business\u200b dealings \u2062has unveiled \u2064more documents \u2062related to\u2063 his father, including an FD-1023 FBI form that\u2062 alleged a bribery scheme with the then-vice president.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jodey \u200dArrington (R-TX), chairman \u200dof the \u200cHouse\u2062 Budget \u2064Committee, argued that even if \u2062the House managed to impeach Mayorkas, the move would do little to affect \u2063the Biden administration\u2019s influence. So, he would prefer to go after\u2062 the one in charge.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c[Mayorkas] hasn&#8217;t done his \u200cjob,\u2062 and he&#8217;s under the\u2064 direction of\u200c our commander in chief,\u201d Arrington told \u2062the Chad Hasty Show \u2064on KFYO Newstalk last\u200c month.\u2063 \u201cI mean, I would argue it&#8217;s \u200breally Biden at \u200bthe\u2063 end of the day, Biden&#8217;s calling the shots,\u2062 Biden is the one \u200cthat&#8217;s not enforcing the laws, Biden&#8217;s the one that&#8217;s dismantled all of the effective programs and \u200cpolicies \u2062&#8230; that President Trump set up that were\u2063 working.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Before the\u2063 House broke \u200cfor recess \u200dat\u2064 the end of July, House Majority Leader Steve\u200d Scalise (R-LA) skirted questions on whether a\u2063 Biden impeachment inquiry would replace additional\u200d calls to impeach Cabinet members such as \u2063Mayorkas. However, he noted that committees are already doing the investigative work without an impeachment\u2063 inquiry.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMultiple\u2063 committees \u200care dealing with multiple inquiries, and\u2064 inquiries are not in \u2064and of itself \u2063an impeachment,\u201d he said. \u201cIt&#8217;s just an ability to get more \u200binformation that\u200b the Biden administration is trying to block the \u2062American people \u200bfrom seeing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, others are displeased with \u200bwhat they view\u200b as a failure by McCarthy to impeach Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSpeaker \u200bMcCarthy said\u2064 that\u200b if he became speaker, we\u2063 would impeach Mayorkas,\u201d Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) told the Washington Examiner. \u201cHaven&#8217;t\u2062 heard anything about\u2063 that since he \u200dbecame speaker.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Matt\u200b Gaetz (R-FL) brought up in\u2062 July his displeasure\u200b with how McCarthy hadn\u2019t yet \u2064brought \u2064up an \u200bimpeachment inquiry into Mayorkas despite his previous threats to \u2062do so. And \u200bit isn\u2019t just Good\u200d and Gaetz \u2014 \u200dother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-fights-to-shore-up-republican-support-ahead-of-speakership-vote\/\" title=\"McCarthy Fights to Shore Up Republican Support Ahead of Speakership Vote\">hard-line conservatives<\/a> are upset the speaker has yet\u200b to follow through on those commitments.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border \u200bSecurity \u200cand Enforcement, told \u200bthe\u200c Washington Examiner in a\u2063 statement that he supports impeaching both Biden \u200cand Mayorkas, arguing \u200dthat the\u200b decision shouldn\u2019t be driven by convenience.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe impeachment of a sitting president and a\u200b secretary-level executive is\u200c a somber affair and \u2064should 100% stand on deep\u200b core principle,\u201d Higgins\u2064 said. \u201cBiden should be impeached because he \u2064is a compromised\u200d president who has illegally received millions\u2064 from corrupt foreign nationals, and Mayorkas should be impeached because he willfully and purposely violated the law \u200dand facilitated cartel trafficking of\u200d drugs and human beings into America.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other Republicans echoed\u2063 that \u2064sentiment, arguing \u2062all \u2062Biden\u200b administration officials should be held accountable rather than just focusing on\u200b the biggest political figure.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe fact is, Republicans\u200d need\u200b to \u200cwalk and chew gum at the same time. It \u2062is perfectly fitting \u200band proper for various committees of jurisdiction to investigate the\u200d failures and malfeasance\u200c of officials serving in\u2062 or connected\u200c to \u200cthe Biden \u200cadministration simultaneously,\u201d said Rep. Mark Green (R-TN). \u201cIn Secretary Mayorkas\u2019 case, it appears\u2062 clear \u200cbased on our ongoing investigation that \u2063he \u200bhas been derelict\u2064 in his duty, having failed to uphold his oath \u200cof office, \u2064enforce the laws of \u200bthe United States, and \u200csecure the\u2063 border \u2026\u200d We are going to continue gathering the\u2064 facts, holding hearings, and presenting \u200dthe truth to the American \u2064people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said he does not\u200c believe an impeachment inquiry into\u2064 Mayorkas \u200bhas fallen to the wayside in light of the push to impeach Biden. And, \u2063while Mayorkas\u200b might be a \u2062separate issue, he \u2064still believes an inquiry into him \u2062&#8221;should \u2064be pursued as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cbehind-the-scenes conversations come as \u2064the House\u200c is set\u200b to\u2064 return to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-conservatives-sound-the-alarm-chuck-schumer-trying-to-inject-weak-china-bill-laced-with-critical-race-theory-into-defense-bill\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Conservatives Sound the Alarm: Chuck Schumer Trying to Inject Weak China Bill Laced with Critical Race Theory into Defense Bill\">looming government shutdown<\/a> over 2024\u2063 appropriations on the horizon as lawmakers focus \u2062on the budget\u2063 in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/republicans-shift-focus-from-mayorkas-to-biden\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after Republicans gained House control, Kevin McCarthy, then-Minority Leader, demanded Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas&#8217; resignation. McCarthy warned of investigating Mayorkas for border failures and initiating impeachment if necessary. Now, eight months later, the GOP&#8217;s stance remains unchanged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2028892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2028892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}