Even before FBI informant's arrest GOP impeachment was DOA: columnist

The Republican House's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden took a major hit after the GOP's star witness was accused of lying about his story to the FBI, but Washington Post columnist Aaron Blake wrote there were three major failures that had already started to unravel it.

First, he said, people don't care.

Blake cited the January Pew Research Center poll showing only 16 percent of Americans were following the "impeachment inquiry" by the House GOP "very closely." That includes a lot of supporters of Donald Trump. A majority are following the story "not too closely" or "not at all."

Second, he wrote, people don't believe there are grounds for impeachment.

That same Pew poll showed that just 28 percent of Americans agree that there are grounds to impeach Biden. The poll was carried out before the informant was arrested and accused of lying to the FBI.

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Comparatively, the numbers were higher during the Trump impeachment, with 40 percent saying there were “definitely” grounds to impeach. While Republicans can't manage to get their own supporters behind the impeachment of Biden, a whopping 70 percent of Democratic-leaning Americans agreed that the impeachment of Trump was warranted.

Finally, people don't want to remove Biden from office like they did with Trump, Blake wrote.

The media has been quick to point out Biden's low approval ratings, but when asked whether they wanted to remove him, just 21 percent said yes. Only 43 percent of Republicans said they "strongly" agreed he should be kicked out.

Polls haven't been released yet showing American's opinions after the new information about the informant was revealed.

Read the full column at the Washington Post.