Veteran Republican strategist Mike Murphy said on Wednesday night that the far-right of his party is following an "incredibly stupid idea" by focusing on impeachment inquiries for President Joe Biden.
Murphy appeared on MSNBC's The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle on Wednesday, and was asked about his party's focus on Biden impeachment.
"You can love Joe Biden. you can dislike him. But the political strategy, at least right, the campaign -- is quite weak, especially on the economy. So, to the extent that the Republicans help the Democrats by throwing a big smoke bomb over, hey, let's talk about Trump, and crazy impeachment schemes and things like that, they are losing the opportunity to prosecute president Biden over his performance on the economy."
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He added:
"So, politically, it's an incredibly stupid idea. But we suffer in my beloved GOP from kind of the banana republic wing. Many of whom are elected, particularly in the house, not all. And they -- are minority of them that have big direct mail fundraising operations to feed, and kind of this echo chamber, that sort of stuff, can hardly wait to do something like that, because it's in their narrow interests. It's not in the Republican party's interests if they want to not get wiped out next year and polls in November."
