'The chairmen who cried wolf': Comer and Jordan trashed by GOP aide over impeachment dud

Politico's Playbook reported on Wednesday that House Republicans are seeking an "off-ramp" for their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, and a separate report from Punchbowl News adds more color to the GOP's floundering impeachment efforts.

Like Politico, Punchbowl News reports that many Republicans have concluded that there is simply not enough evidence to impeach Biden at this time.

What's more, an unnamed GOP leadership aide trashed the work of Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Jim Jordan (R-OH), who have taken the lead in pushing the impeachment inquiry but who have still not come up with any slam-dunk proof against the president.

"Jordan and Comer are becoming the chairmen who cried wolf, promising there’s a ‘there’ there over and over again and producing nothing anywhere close to an impeachable offense," the aide said.

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The GOP impeachment inquiry has been beset by setbacks and blunders for the past several weeks.

Among other things, the GOP's star witness who alleged wrongdoing by Biden was indicted last month for allegedly fabricating the allegations. What's more, the much-hyped congressional testimony from Hunter Biden failed to produce any additional evidence for Republicans to advance the impeachment inquiry further.

Regardless, former President Donald Trump, the GOP's presumptive 2024 presidential nominee, has been demanding the party impeach Biden.

During his own presidency, Trump became the first president in American history to have been impeached on two separate occasions, with the second impeachment garnering a bipartisan coalition of 57 votes favoring his conviction.