Former Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones is upping the ante by promising to file articles of impeachment against both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on his first day in office in 2023 if elected to the House this November.
The pro-Trump former Democrat, who exited the race for the Republican nomination for Georgia governor this week, is now running for the 10th Congressional District seat to replace Rep. Jody Hice, who is running for Georgia secretary of state. Jones has the support of former President Donald Trump.
“On Day One in Congress, I’ll file Articles of Impeachment against both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for betrayal of public trust,” Jones said in a tweet Wednesday. “Then I’ll cast my vote for President Trump to be Speaker and invite my colleagues to join me. It’s time to throw out the old playbook.”
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The idea of Trump becoming House speaker has been tossed around by his allies. Trump said in a Fox Business interview in June that it is “highly unlikely” he would run for a House or Senate seat in 2022 but said in an interview with another commentator that the idea of replacing Nancy Pelosi as speaker is “interesting.” Trump has also teased another bid for the White House in 2024.
In August, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon suggested that Trump should become House speaker and lead an impeachment effort against Biden before resigning to run for the White House in 2024 while criticizing Biden’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal.
The speaker of the House is not required to be an elected House member, but every speaker thus far has been an elected member.
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Other Republicans in the House have introduced articles of impeachment against Biden, including Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green one day after Biden’s inauguration last year, focusing on such matters as alleged “corrupt actions” related to Biden’s diplomacy with Ukraine as vice president and son Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings, the controversial withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, and the U.S.-Mexico border situation.
The articles have gone nowhere in a Congress controlled by Democrats, but that could change after the 2022 midterm elections. Trump was twice impeached by a Democratic-controlled House, once in relation to Ukraine and another to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, but was acquitted both times by a GOP-led Senate.
