House Republicans continue to press forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, but even conservative media outlets are growing impatient and increasingly skeptical.
The inquiry has failed to turn up any evidence connecting the president to his son's business dealings, and Hunter Biden told lawmakers in a closed-door deposition that his father had no involvement whatsoever, and Fox News and Newsmax hosts have pressed Republicans to prove their allegations.
"You've had Neil Cavuto and some Fox News hosts even over the last couple weeks who have said, 'There's nothing there – when are you going to prove it?'" said "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough. "Even when Sean Hannity is throwing softballs to [House Oversight chairman James] Comer, he said, 'Are you going to prove the Joe Biden crime family blah blah blah blah?' After Comer was whispered in the ear by Arnold the pig, says, 'I sure hope so.'"
"This has been going on for a long time," Scarborough added. "Again, people think we're just – we're not making this up, they are. It's just ridiculous, they look stupid. That's what you're hearing from these Newsmax and Fox Business and Fox News hosts. When they start asking if your attacks on Joe Biden are too off point, you know there's something wrong."
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That skepticism should be a leading indicator that the impeachment inquiry had failed to dent the president politically, said co-host Willie Geist.
"Yeah, when you've lost Newsmax, you've got a problem," Geist said. "OAN is next to fall. Steve Doocy from 'Fox and Friends' has been talking about this, as well. If something is there, it is long past time to show us the evidence. Even [Thursday], Chairman Comer comes out with his, 'Well, there's a lot of smoke here, we need now a public hearing.' If he had the evidence, believe me, he would have presented it by now. He doesn't have it."
It's clear that House Republicans are simply trying to create doubt about Biden going into the election, Geist said, regardless of whether there's any evidence of corruption, and Scarborough capped off that point.
"He's saying there's smoke," Scarborough said. "The smoke is coming from their lies. They tell lies and go, there's smoke there – there must be fire. But there's not."
