{"id":2029980,"date":"2023-09-12T22:01:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T02:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-responds-to-mccarthys-impeachment-inquiry-by-trying-to-pit-republicans-against-each-other\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T22:04:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T02:04:29","slug":"white-house-responds-to-mccarthys-impeachment-inquiry-by-trying-to-pit-republicans-against-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-responds-to-mccarthys-impeachment-inquiry-by-trying-to-pit-republicans-against-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"White House stirs division among Republicans in response to McCarthy&#8217;s impeachment inquiry."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fwhite-house-responds-to-mccarthys-impeachment-inquiry-by-trying-to-pit-republicans-against-each-other%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=2029980&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>White House Responds to McCarthy&#8217;s Impeachment Inquiry\u200b by Trying to Pit Republicans Against Each Other<\/h2>\n<p>On Tuesday, House Speaker Kevin \u2064McCarthy finally launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-on-cuomo-allegations-we-should-see-what-investigation-brings-us\/\" title=\"Biden on Cuomo Allegations: We should see what investigation brings us\">formal impeachment inquiry<\/a> into President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Judging by their initial response, Democrats appear determined to exploit what\u200d they perceive as wavering in\u200c Republican ranks.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, \u2062White House\u2064 spokesman \u200cIan Sams \u200cnoted \u2063that thus\u2064 far \u2062the waverers have included\u2064 none other than \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mccarthy-set-initiate-logical-next-step-toward-impeachment-biden-week-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McCarthy<\/a> himself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMaybe someone should ask him: Prior to\u2063 the midterms, you said \u2018the country doesn\u2019t like impeachment used for political purposes\u2019 but now you\u2019re doing just that, \u200bas Gaetz threatens your speakership and MTG says she\u2019ll shutdown\u200b the\u2063 government unless you do\u200b impeachment What gives?\u201d<\/strong> Sams posted on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Sams\u2019 tweet included a \u200dWashington \u2062Post\u200d headline from \u2062October 2022: \u201cMcCarthy Downplays Prospect \u2063of Impeaching Biden if GOP wins House.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Maybe someone should ask him:<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the midterms, \u2064you said \u201cthe country doesn\u2019t like impeachment \u2063used for political purposes\u201d but now you\u2019re \u2063doing just that, as\u2064 Gaetz threatens your speakership and MTG says\u200c she\u2019ll \u2062shutdown \u200cthe government unless you do impeachment<\/p>\n<p>What gives? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Doc3TFuQZH\">https:\/\/t.co\/Doc3TFuQZH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6nXn6r0mE4\">pic.twitter.com\/6nXn6r0mE4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Sams (@IanSams46) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IanSams46\/status\/1701603378886004918?\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An\u200c hour\u200d later, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mccarthy-faces-perfect-storm-doesnt-long\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McCarthy<\/a> \u2062 announced the impeachment inquiry, Sams resumed his\u2064 social-media offensive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHouse Republicans have been investigating the President\u200c for 9 months,\u200c and they\u2019ve turned up no\u200b evidence of wrongdoing. His own GOP members have said so. He \u2062vowed \u2063to hold a vote to\u200d open impeachment, now he\u2063 flip flopped because he doesn\u2019t\u2064 have support, Extreme\u200d politics at its worst,\u201d<\/strong> Sams wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">House Republicans have been investigating the President\u2062 for 9 \u200cmonths, and they\u2019ve turned up no evidence of wrongdoing<\/p>\n<p>His own \u2062GOP members have said so<\/p>\n<p>He vowed\u200d to hold\u200d a\u2064 vote to\u200b open impeachment, now\u200b he flip flopped because\u2062 he doesn\u2019t \u200dhave support<\/p>\n<p>Extreme politics at its\u2063 worst<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Sams\u200b (@IanSams46) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IanSams46\/status\/1701619933283483848?\">September \u200b12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>By \u201cno evidence\u201d \u200bSams must \u200chave meant \u201ccompelling evidence\u201d linking Biden\u200c to his son Hunter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-the-corporate-media-owe-emma-jo-morris-an-apology\/\" title=\"Nolte: The Corporate Media Owe Emma-Jo Morris an Apology\">foreign influence peddling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday \u200bon X, formerly Twitter,\u200b McCarthy\u200d identified \u201cserious and credible allegations into President Biden\u2019s conduct \u2014 a culture of\u200d corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough our investigation we have found that President Biden did lie \u2064to \u200bthe \u200dAmerican people about\u2063 his own knowledge of his family\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-names-trump-real-speaker-after-mccarthy-threatens-biden-impeachment-inquiry\/\" title=\"DNC labels Trump 'true speaker' following McCarthy's Biden impeachment inquiry threat.\">foreign \u200dbusiness dealings<\/a>,\u201d McCarthy \u200csaid at a press\u200d conference Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2064 am directing our House committees to open \u2063a \u200bformal impeachment inquiry into \u200dPresident Joe Biden.\u200b Over the\u200b past several months, House Republicans have uncovered serious\u2063 and credible allegations into\u200b President Biden\u2019s conduct\u2014a\u200d culture of corruption. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3uoDlUB3Sy\">https:\/\/t.co\/3uoDlUB3Sy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2064 Kevin McCarthy \u2063(@SpeakerMcCarthy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy\/status\/1701616470793547969?\">September 12, \u200d2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, McCarthy \u2064cited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/comer-floored-doj-sends-troubling-letter-days-devon-archer-set-testify-biden-business-dealings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eyewitness accounts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bank-records-dont-lie-gop-reps-uncovered-disturbing-findings-hunter-biden-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bank\u2062 records<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/treasury-department-caves-hands-biden-family-suspicious-activity-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treasury Department<\/a> records and information \u200cfrom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/comer-turns-heat-biden-shares-next-steps-biden-family-influence-peddling-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI informants<\/a> as reasons for\u200b the inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, Sams\u2019 posts revealed the Democrats\u2019 only possible strategy in Biden\u2019s\u200d defense: highlight\u2063 the political.\u200c Use \u200cphrases such as \u201cpolitical\u200c purposes\u201d and \u201cextreme politics at its worst.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sams\u200c even mentioned Republican \u2063Reps. Matt Gaetz of\u2062 Florida and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. No\u200d doubt the White House spokesman \u200bbelieved that in doing so he could cast\u200d impeachment as politically extreme.<\/p>\n<p>After all, the\u2064 establishment \u200cmedia regularly identifies Gaetz and\u2064 Greene as \u201cfar-right\u201d allies of former President\u200c Donald Trump. Sams therefore\u200c should have no \u200ctrouble getting\u200b the\u200d Democrats\u2019 establishment-media minions to\u200c parrot\u2062 his \u200baccusations of political extremism.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the \u200dstrategy seems desperate.<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, earlier this year \u2064Gaetz \u2064and Greene took opposing \u200dsides\u2064 in\u200c the Republicans\u2019 quarrel over \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/matt-gaetz-demands-answers-mccarthy-occupies-speakers-office-despite-losing-3-consecutive-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House \u2062speakership<\/a>. Greene supported McCarthy for speaker, while Gaetz strongly opposed\u200c him.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, highlighting an \u2064impeachment\u2019s \u201cpolitical\u201d aspects diverts attention from the \u200bcore questions.<\/p>\n<p>Why did Biden lie? \u2064What did he mean \u2063to \u2063conceal? To what do all those \u2063bank \u200crecords and testimonies lead?<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Sams did \u200dnot\u200c insist that \u2062the president told \u200cthe\u200b truth. \u200dNor did the White House spokesman insist that the president did nothing \u200dwrong. Sams\u200b merely \u2014 and falsely \u2014\u200d claimed that Republicans found\u200d \u201cno evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is the sort of thing a\u2063 person says when he does not have\u200b truth on his\u2064 side.<\/p>\n<p>In that\u2062 case, the only available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-responds-to-mccarthys-impeachment-inquiry-by-trying-to-pit-republicans-against-each-other\/\" title=\"White House stirs division among Republicans in response to McCarthy's impeachment inquiry.\">strategy involves highlighting political aspects<\/a> and hopefully scaring timid Republicans into abandoning\u200b the inquiry.\u2062 Convince them to look out\u2064 for what D.C. insiders might frame \u200das their political self-interests. Tell them not \u200cto rock the boat.<\/p>\n<p>It cannot work. If \u2064congressional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-white-house-attempts-scare-house-republicans-away-impeachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans<\/a> have a shred \u200cof integrity, it\u2062 will \u2063not work.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-responds-mccarthys-impeachment-inquiry-trying-pit-republicans\/\">White\u2062 House \u200dResponds \u200dto McCarthy&#8217;s Impeachment Inquiry by Trying to \u2063Pit Republicans Against Each Other<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u2064Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy initiated a formal impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. Democrats are eager to capitalize on perceived Republican uncertainty. 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