Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy hints GOP won't impeach Biden cabinet officials - because Democrats used it against Trump for purely political purposes
Kevin McCarthy doesn't want to impeach Biden officials for 'political purposes'
Some Republicans want to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and AG Merrick Garland if they retake a majority in the November midterms
'I think the country doesn't like impeachment used for political purposes at all,' McCarthy said to Punchbowl News. 'I think the country wants to heal'
Wants to be different then Democrats, who twice impeached Donald Trump
'If you spent all that time arguing against using impeachment for political purposes, you gotta be able to sustain exactly what you said,' McCarthy added
By Katelyn Caralle, U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 08:53 EDT, 19 October 2022 | Updated: 08:53 EDT, 19 October 2022
Kevin McCarthy is not as eager as his GOP colleagues to immediately seek impeachment against Joe Biden's Cabinet members if they win back a majority in the November midterms.
Some Republicans are out for blood – seeking revenge by way of Biden and his team after Democrats politicized impeachment and sought it against Donald Trump two times during his four years in office.
The House GOP Leader, however, told Punchbowl News that Americans don't 'like impeachment used for political purposes at all,' and said 'the country wants to heal' and see a 'system that actually works.'
He also said that Republicans need to maintain their integrity by not turning around and engaging in the same politically-motivated actions that they railed against the opposing party for doing the last four years.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick Garland are the top two names that have been floated by some House Republicans as potential targets should the lower chamber turn red.
Some Republicans have even floated impeaching President Joe Biden, who turns 80 next month, by calling into question his physical and mental fitness to serve.
McCarthy, asked if anyone within the administration has engaged in conduct that would cause him to consider impeachment, said: 'I don't see it before me right now.'
'You watch what the Democrats did – they all came out and said they would impeach before Trump was ever sworn in,' the California Republican congressman said. 'There wasn't a purpose for it.'
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