Sen. Ted Cruz thinks a GOP-led Congress could impeach President Joe Biden “whether it’s justified or not.”
The Texas senator said impeachment could happen “whether it’s justified or not” after “the Democrats weaponized impeachment,” twice impeaching former President Donald Trump during his term in office.
“I said at the time when we have a Democratic president and a Republican House, you can expect an impeachment proceeding,” Cruz said on his podcast, Verdict with Ted Cruz, on Friday. “That’s not how impeachment is meant to work, but I think the Democrats crossed that line, and I think they’ll be enormous pressure on a Republican House to begin impeachment proceedings.”
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Though Cruz is not in favor of normalizing impeachment, he does believe there are “potentially multiple grounds” to consider on the impeachment of Biden, with the most compelling being “the utter lawlessness of President Biden’s refusal to enforce the border.” Cruz said Biden has defied federal immigration laws and allowed “2 million people to come in here unimpeded.”
The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to review its case seeking to end former President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy on Wednesday amid a surge in migrants. A total of 1.7 million migrants were encountered at the southern border in fiscal year 2021, which ended in September, officials said.
Cruz, who is “very optimistic” about the Republicans’ chances in the midterm elections, said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a favorite to become speaker if Republicans retake the House, would be wise to spearhead investigations into Biden.
But the Texas Republican was less certain about the GOP’s chances in the Senate, saying the odds of victory there were 50-50. He said this was because there were “more vulnerable Republican seats” in the Senate in 2022 than the Democrats, meaning the GOP would need to “have a few things bounce right.”
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McCarthy has a 48% job approval rating with independents, 10 percentage points better with this key cohort than Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 38% and 8 points better than Biden and Sen. Chuck Schumer, who each garnered 40%.
Republicans are just a handful of districts away from winning a 218-seat majority in the House, and they need to net just one Senate seat in 2022 to reclaim the majority.
