GOPers ready to give impeachment lead to Jim Jordan after failed James Comer hearing

Republicans are ready to take away the impeachment inquiry from Rep. James Comer (R-KY) and hand it over to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) after the first hearing flopped.

GOP lawmakers, including Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL), are complaining that Comer's witnesses testified that they hadn't seen any evidence that President Joe Biden had committed any crimes, and they're confused why the Kentucky Republican invited outside experts instead of fact witnesses, reported Politico Playbook.

“I wasn’t thrilled with the witnesses,” Boebert said, but added that she thinks the Oversight Committee will improve.

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However, some Republicans believe Jordan is more experienced and that the Judiciary Committee he leads was the more natural home for impeachment inquiries.

“People are just not happy,” said senior GOP aide. "[Jordan has] been tested on this stuff."

Comer's critics worried that he set the bar too high for impeaching Biden by suggesting they must prove the president personally benefitted from his family's foreign business, saying that evidence might not actually exist, and Republicans have been pressing him to lower the threshold to show that he engaged in "abuse of power" by taking no action to stop his family from trading on his name.

"People’s perception is that Comer doesn’t really take counsel,” said a second senior GOP aide, according to the report.

Republicans have also questioned his media strategy, saying Comer had been feeding conservative media instead of making his case to a skeptical public through mainstream media appearances.

“The conservative press will write whatever you want them to write — why would you go there first?” said the second GOP aide. “Mainstream media reporting gives credibility to the narrative.”