With lawmakers slated to return to Washington, D.C. after the holidays, there is growing concern among some Republican House members that the Joe Biden impeachment inquiry being led by Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) has become a "trap" the party can't escape from now that hearings are being scheduled.
According to a report from Politico's Jordain Carney, there are more than a few GOP House members who feel there is nowhere near enough evidence to successfully send the Biden impeachment to the Democratic-controlled Senate for a trial and that Republicans will pay for their lack of success with voters.
With Politico's Carney writing, "A GOP failure to follow suit [impeaching Biden] this time would likely mean severe backlash from the right flank, former President Donald Trump and an increasingly restless base who, some Republicans acknowledge, treat impeachment as a fait accompli," Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) added that far-right members of the party have set expectations too high for conservatives who don't understand how impeachment works.
“I think there’s an expectation in the base now: ‘You voted for impeachment.’ … They look at this as an impeachment vote,” he explained.
"Leadership has a short window to find an off-ramp that would please both the impeachment skeptics and supporters within their own ranks," Carney wrote. "Investigators want to decide as early as late January on drafting impeachment articles, but whether the conference has the votes to recommend booting the president will likely factor into leaders’ decision to go further down that path."
With the report noting there is no hard evidence that can be used against Biden, some Republicans are already attempting to temper expectations.
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According to Rep. David Joyce (R-OH), "There’s not evidence to impeach” before cautioning, "We’re a long way from impeachment."
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