Top headline: Breitbart
Bottom headline: New York Times
The California Republican, now speaker himself, reiterated that point of view just days ago, telling the conservative news outlet Breitbart that if Republicans were to move forward with an impeachment inquiry against President Biden, it would be by a vote — “not through a declaration by one person.”
But this week, Mr. McCarthy made just such a declaration, directing three committees to begin an impeachment inquiry without approval by the full House.
Mr. McCarthy’s decision reflected the substantial political pressure he is facing from right-wing members of Congress [aka the Freedom Caucus Crazies] who have demanded that he move forward quickly and aggressively with an impeachment inquiry and deep spending cuts or risk a government shutdown, and who have threatened to depose him if he fails to do their bidding.
It also reflected his awareness that he currently lacks the votes among his fellow Republicans to approve an impeachment inquiry, because more centrist members of the party have expressed discomfort about moving forward in the absence of solid evidence against Mr. Biden. [emphasis added]
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