President Joe Biden is adamant he will not be distracted by House Republicans‘ impeachment inquiry into him and his family’s business dealings.
“Well, I tell you what, I don’t know quite why, but they just knew they wanted to impeach me,” Biden told donors Wednesday during a fundraiser at McLean, Virginia. “And now, the best I can tell, they want to impeach me because they want to shut down the government.”
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“So look, look, I got a job to do,” he said. “Everybody always asked about impeachment. I get up every day, not a joke, not focused on impeachment. I’ve got a job to do. I’ve got to deal with the issues that affect the American people every single solitary day.”
Earlier Wednesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre criticized the inquiry for lacking evidence, contending it “does not exist.”
“I’m certainly not going to speculate on what has been a baseless inquiry that the House Republicans can’t even really defend themselves and that many House Republicans have said they couldn’t support their own votes,” Jean-Pierre said.
“Republicans should work with us on legitimate issues, things that actually matter to the American people,” she added.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) inquiry press conference preempted Rep. Matt Gaetz‘s (R-FL) plans this week to speak on the House floor and host a press call after previewing he could try to push out the speaker.
Despite McCarthy’s announcement, Gaetz repeated he is “out of compliance” with his deal with more conservative Republicans for their support of his speakership, including term limits, a balanced budget amendment, Congress’s Jan. 6 security video recordings, and a Hunter Biden subpoena.
