Comer suggests impeachment vote not 'best path' on Biden probe

[sabra]

Source: The Hill

House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) suggested that the impeachment vote against President Biden may not be the “best path,” and thinks criminal referrals will be the way to go.

“I believe that the best path to accountability is criminal referrals,” Comer told Newsmax hosts on Thursday.

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Comer argued in the interview that “real accountability” for Biden now looks like “providing real criminal referrals to the Department of Justice” because the Democrat-controlled Senate would likely table any impeachment into Biden “like they’re gonna do with the Merrick Garland impeachment.”

“I would vote to impeach Joe Biden right now. The impeachment inquiry was meant to give us more tools to be able to gather more information to be able to win in court,” he said.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4549682-comer-biden-impeachment-vote-not-best-path/

[GB_RN]

1. WTF?

What Merrick Garland impeachment? WTF is Comer Simpson yapping about? First I’m hearing of this…

[AZSkiffyGeek]

4. If it's true, it's nice to see so many people doing Comer's legwork here

Time matters and how many months and counting?

[rurallib]

2. They got nothing and the voters see them as total fucking useless idiots

So they got to create some pretend "tough on law" outcome that they can lie with back in the district.

Counting the days until Comer and Jordon are tossed out on their asses.

[Blue Idaho]

3. Comer is trying to find the exit to this fiasco

The far right keeps promising its followers things it can’t deliver. Leaving a list of failures longer than your arm. Not a great way to generate campaign cash.

[underpants]

6. Moving the goalposts nt

[NanaCat]

17. Rearranging lifeboats on the Titanic

Seems more apt here.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Idiot Comer probably meant Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Can't get nothing right.

[niyad]

9. It is easybto see how he got the two so very similar names confused.

[lastlib]

7. little comer "would vote to impeach Biden right now.".....

He had the opportunity to do that a couple days ago! A Democrat on the committee actually made a motion to impeach, and called on little comer to second it. The chickenshit didn't do it. He's nothing but chickenshit. Do you know nothing grows in chickenshit? Like him, it's that toxic to life.

[Talitha]

10. I saw that - he called on Comer to second the motion and got dead silence.

Yep, Comer is chickenshit.

[cstanleytech]

8. Oh, let me guest the crime is being a Democrat that kicked Trumps ass out of office?

[tanyev]

11. IOW, "We don't really care about actual impeachment,

we just want to keep talking about it until Election Day.”

[Owens]

12. With what evidence?

They have no evidence, their witness got arrested for lying and Lev Parnas actually testified that allegations against Bidens are false and 'spread by the Kremlin and Barr/Trump knew this.

[BaronChocula]

14. I'm just spitballin' here but

I think the criminal referrals route allows them to watch an investigation fall flat and then blame the "partisan DOJ" for not indicting. It's sooooo gooper.

[NanaCat]

18. Ding ding ding!

We have a winner here!

That's exactly what they plan to do.

[ificandream]

13. On what grounds would you do criminal referrals, Comer Fudd?

Admit it. You don't have any.

[apnu]

15. Queue up Daveed Diggs singing 'you don't got the votes'

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[nuxvomica]

16. "The impeachment inquiry was meant to give us more tools"

Between Comer and Jordan, they have enough "tools" already. I think the Democrats on the committee should key off that statement by chipping in for some fishing gear for Comer and present it to him with much fanfare. The meme of a fishing expedition should help to squelch their ambitions.