Arizona’s Andy Biggs instructed fellow Republicans to begin the work of gathering and preserving evidence for a potential Biden impeachment following the 2022 midterm elections.
QUICK FACTS:
- Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) told fellow Republicans to start getting ready for impeachment after the midterm elections, according to Breitbart News.
- Biggs cited the crisis at the southern border as well as the deadly withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan as some of the reasons President Joe Biden should be impeached.
- The Arizona Republican cited some experts’ predictions that Republicans will win both houses of Congress as a reason that impeachment might have a chance starting early next year.
- In addition to Biden, Biggs asserted that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should also be impeached from his position.
BIGGS ARGUMENT FOR IMPEACHMENT:
- “Mayorkas has violated the law,” Biggs stated. “That’s why I’ve introduced a resolution to impeach Mayorkas. He needs to be impeached, so does Joe Biden for what he’s done on the border.
- “I can give you all kinds of other areas that I think he should be impeached for, but what he’s done on the border, and the ramification of what he’s done on the border, makes him impeachable.”
- “We’ve got to be preparing now and pushing this now, but with the Democrats on the other side, we can’t get a single Democrat to walk over and help us on any of these issues. … They circle the wagons, no matter how indefensible their conduct is.”
BACKGROUND:
- Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said early in January that he believed the president could be impeached if Republicans win the U.S. House, according to The Texas Tribune.
- In mid-January, Reuters released a report citing a potential “midterm worry” for the president saying that probes and impeachment could be a big concern.
- Republicans are thought likely to take the majority in both houses of Congress, according to World Net Daily.
