White House: McCarthy moving to impeachment would be to ‘throw red meat to the right wing’
by Alex Gangitano - 09/01/23 4:34 PM ET
The White House on Friday argued that if Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) moves forward with an impeachment inquiry, it would be to throw ‘red meat’ to the ring wing of the GOP.
The comments come after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) warned Thursday that she would not vote to fund the government if the House doesn’t vote to open the impeachment inquiry. She also put other conditions on her vote, including ending funding for the war in Ukraine and eliminating coronavirus-related mandates.
“One of the House’s most powerful members, Marjorie Taylor Greene, just admitted that the House Republican impeachment is only a partisan stunt driven by the most extreme, far-right members,” said Ian Sams, White House spokesperson for oversight and investigations.
“If Speaker McCarthy proceeds to an impeachment simply to throw red meat to the right wing, as a condition for or distraction from far-right GOP efforts to shut down the government, it will prove once and for all this is a baseless, politically motivated exercise not rooted in evidence and not about getting to the truth,” he said.
McCarthy said in an interview with Breitbart News on Friday that any impeachment inquiry would begin through a formal vote on the House floor, “and not through a declaration by one person.”
McCarthy has been increasingly signaling his intent to launch an impeachment inquiry when the House returns in September.
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