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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) blasted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Tuesday for taking a "baby step" after he called for an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

After McCarthy announced the impeachment inquiry, Gaetz took to the House floor, where he tore into the Speaker.

Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) might be a member of the Freedom Caucus, but he made it clear that he believes some other members of his right-wing group have been mobilized to demand President Joe Biden's impeachment by Donald Trump.

Speaking to MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced the launch of a formal impeachment inquiry, Buck turned directly to Trump for blame.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) called Speaker Kevin McCarthy's new attempt to impeach President Joe Biden fake on Tuesday.

Speaking to MSNBC, she explained that this is likely part of a deal with the right of McCarthy's party to pass the budget bill and not shut down the economy. At the same time, she thinks it's part of Donald Trump's campaign against Biden.

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL) found themselves getting into a dispute on Tuesday over who should get the most credit for the Republican-run House of Representatives launching an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden.

The trouble started when Gaetz took to Twitter to crow about the role he played in lobbying House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to launch an impeachment inquiry into Biden, despite the fact that Republican investigations so far have uncovered no concrete proof that he benefited from his son Hunter Biden's overseas business dealings.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced an official impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

In a statement to reporters on Tuesday, McCarthy said there were "serious and credible allegations" of wrongdoing by Biden's family.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is gunning for House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), but House Democrats aren't willing to help take him down.

A single House member can force a vote on a "motion to vacate," but removing the speaker would require a House majority — and a substantial number of Democratic votes -- and McCarthy's allies believe has the support of most Republicans, reported Axios.

CNN anchor Phil Mattingly brought the fact-check hammer down on Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) on Tuesday as she defended the GOP effort to impeach President Joe Biden, despite not having any evidence of a crime the president may have committed.

"The House Oversight Democrats put out their own summary of where they think things stand," said Mattingly. "'None of the bank records show any payments to President Biden. None of the SARs' — suspicious activity reports — 'alleges or suggests any misconduct by President Biden, nor do they show any involvement by President Biden in Hunter Biden's financial or business relationships.' Your response to that."

Donald Trump has been pushing congressional Republicans to impeach President Joe Biden, and now he's urging them to use the 25th Amendment to push him out.

The former president raged Tuesday morning over the terms of the State Department agreement to unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian funds to complete a previously announced prisoner swap, which would return five Americans in exchange for five Iranians and the transfer of those funds from South Korea to Qatar.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is expected to endorse an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden this week in a bid to relieve pressure from right-wing lawmakers in his caucus.

However, Politico's Playbook is reporting that this may not save McCarthy from political turmoil as members of the House Freedom Caucus may still shut down the federal government regardless.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough thinks House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) should call his fellow Republicans' bluff on the legislative challenges he's staring down.

The House returns to session Tuesday with a looming Sept. 30 deadline to avoid a government shutdown, and GOP hardliners want to cut aid to Ukraine and are demanding an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, and the "Morning Joe" host said McCarthy should stare them down.

Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), a member of the hardline House Freedom Caucus, has upset other right-wing lawmakers recently by sounding cautious about efforts to impeach President Joe Biden.

CNN reports that "there is a serious effort underway to find a candidate to mount a primary challenge against Buck in his solidly red district in eastern Colorado" despite the fact that Buck has long been one of the most conservative members of Congress.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has reportedly decided to take the plunge and launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

Punchbowl News reports that McCarthy will announce this week that he supports launching an impeachment inquiry, despite the fact that none of the House GOP's investigations have yet to uncover any evidence that Biden benefited from the overseas business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden.