Anthony Scaramucci, a former Trump White House communications director, said Friday that he does not agree with what he called a specious impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
A self-proclaimed lifelong Republican, Scaramucci appeared on NewsNation to discuss the inquiry, which the House of Representatives authorized Wednesday via a party-line vote.
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“Unfortunately, we’ve really damaged our party,” Scaramucci said. “I don’t think this helps our party.”
Scaramucci cited the turmoil surrounding the House speakership, a “food fight” to determine the direction of the GOP, and the shrinking size of registered Republican voters relative to Democrats and independents as reasons for the party to channel its efforts toward something else.
“We’ve got less than 28% of the registered voters,” Scaramucci said. “The Democrats are bigger, and the independents are way bigger than that. Instead of focusing on this, why not go after all these people that are no longer in our party?”
The same NewsNation clip featured host Dan Abrams’s interview with Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH), in which he asked the congressman what the high crime or misdemeanor, the bar for impeachment, being investigated is.
“Well, that’s a good point, and I haven’t seen any of that,” Joyce said Wednesday after the vote to authorize the inquiry.
The Ohio Republican, who voted in favor of authorizing the inquiry, said three different committees are claiming to have evidence of wrongdoing by the president.
“OK, put up or shut up,” Joyce said. “You either have the evidence, or you don’t.”
That skepticism has been expressed by Republicans on the other side of the Capitol as well, namely Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK).
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Grassley told reporters Wednesday that “the facts haven’t taken me to that point where I can say the president is guilty of anything,” and Mullin pointed out during a Newsmax interview on Friday that any impeachable offense must have occurred during Biden’s presidency.
“If [the House sends] us a case, make sure it’s convictable,” Mullin said.
