House Republicans' empty impeachment inquiry cheapens an important process

The move by House Republicans Wednesday to formally open an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden was perhaps predictable back in January 2021 — with then-President Donald Trump’s second impeachment, for his role in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol — or even as far back as December 2019, with Trump’s first impeachment, for trying to strong-arm Ukraine’s government into helping him win reelection. But that predictability doesn’t make the GOP’s Biden impeachment inquiry any less of a cynical, pathetic stunt. Though Wednesday’s vote made the process official, House Republicans have alr...