{"id":2241163,"date":"2024-05-09T17:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T21:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-urges-house-to-impeach-biden-over-israel-weapons-controversy\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T17:29:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T21:29:30","slug":"cotton-urges-house-to-impeach-biden-over-israel-weapons-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-urges-house-to-impeach-biden-over-israel-weapons-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotton Calls for Biden&#8217;s Impeachment Amid Israel Weapons Dispute"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fcotton-urges-house-to-impeach-biden-over-israel-weapons-controversy%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=2241163&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--><p>In a\u200c recent development, Senator \u2063Tom Cotton \u2064(R-AR) has called for the GOP-led House to \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-opens-impeachment-inquiry-into-biden-as-lawmakers-eye-expanded-powers\/\" title=\"McCarthy launches Biden impeachment inquiry, lawmakers seek more authority.\">initiate \u2064impeachment proceedings<\/a> \u2063against President Joe Biden. The senator alleges that Biden&#8217;s \u200cstance on halting weapons to Israel could lead to impeachment, drawing comparisons to a \u200cpast impeachment probe involving\u2064 former President Donald Trump and aid to Ukraine. Biden faces pressure to\u200b act more decisively in the Israel-Hamas conflict as he eyes reelection. Biden&#8217;s statement regarding withholding weapons from Israel if it \u2064escalates\u2063 military actions in Rafah has sparked controversy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The GOP-led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-house-of-representatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House<\/a> should impeach President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> for suggesting the United States could halt weapons going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel<\/a> if it launches a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-accuses-biden-of-betrayal-hopes-israel-aid-threat-was-senior-moment\/\" title=\"Speaker Johnson accuses Biden of betrayal over Israel aid threat, hopes it was just a 'senior moment.\">full-scale ground operation<\/a> in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a Republican senator said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tom-cotton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Cotton<\/a> (R-AR) made the case against Biden by referring back to the first impeachment probe against former President Donald Trump related to his administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/08\/28\/trump-ukraine-military-aid-russia-1689531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">holding up<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-demand-full-funding-for-israeli-security-aid\/\" title=\"Lawmakers Demand Full Funding for Israeli Security Aid\">security aid<\/a> to Ukraine while he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dishonest-media-leaving-out-what-trumps-favor-from-ukraine-president-actually-was\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sought a \u201cfavor\u201d<\/a> from its leader ahead of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe House has no choice but to impeach Biden based on the Trump-Ukraine precedent of withholding foreign aid to help with reelection. Only with Biden, it\u2019s true,\u201d Cotton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1788513218974900357\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a post to X.<\/p>\n<p>Biden is under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michael-moore-warns-bidens-chances-of-being-re-elected-are-not-so-great\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immense pressure<\/a> from the left wing of the Democratic Party to be harsher on Israel over its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip as he competes against Trump for another term in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/08\/politics\/joe-biden-interview-cnntv\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN town hall<\/a> on Wednesday, Biden said he \u201cmade it clear\u201d to Israel that if it conducts a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-releases-first-hostage-video-family-begs-world-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Hamas shares initial hostage video, pleads for global intervention.\">major ground operation<\/a> in Rafah, \u201cwe\u2019re not going to supply the weapons and artillery shells.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=om3NmPS1GIY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cFox and Friends\u201d appearance<\/a> on Thursday to accuse Biden of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/speaker-johnson-accuses-biden-of-betrayal-hopes-israel-aid-threat-was-senior-moment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">betraying<\/a> a deal that was made with lawmakers to pass a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senate-passes-95-billion-foreign-aid-package-with-possible-tiktok-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$95 billion foreign aid bill<\/a> last month that included support for Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s defying the will of Congress and he\u2019s defying what his own top officials in the White House assured me in writing and verbally before that supplemental was passed and even in the days since,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>As the day went on, Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-gop-drafting-biden-impeachment-articles-israel-aid-cutoff-threat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Fox News<\/a> that he was preparing articles of impeachment, saying, \u201cThe House has no choice but to impeach President \u2018Quid pro Joe\u2019 Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen just how much support Cotton\u2019s push for an Israel-focused impeachment will get in the House, but Biden is already facing a corruption-focused inquiry led by Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY).<\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist Kevin Walling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1788605909348057210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a> on Fox News that former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush used the same foreign policy \u201ctool\u201d as Biden is doing with Israel, while asserting Trump got impeached because he sought dirt on Biden \u2014 his political rival \u2014 from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In a prior strike against the Biden administration, the House voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the border crisis, but the Democrat-controlled Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senate-kills-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-without-full-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quashed<\/a> the charges last month before a full trial could be held.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) urges the GOP-led House to consider impeaching President Joe Biden for implying a halt in Israel&#8217;s weapon supply. Cotton argues Biden&#8217;s stance regarding Israel&#8217;s actions in Rafah could lead to impeachment, drawing parallels to past proceedings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2241164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2150456287-scaled-e1715282231334.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2241163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2150456287-scaled-e1715282231334.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241163","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2241164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}