Newsmax host slams GOP’s 'exercise in futility' saying impeachment can 'make Biden stronger'

House Republicans' efforts to impeach President Joe Biden don't appear to impress even their most likely cheerleaders, if a recent panel discussion on far-right network Newsmax is any indicator.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has unveiled a new website dedicated to his caucus' impeachment proceedings against the current president, and has given his blessing to House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-Kentucky) to continue his investigation into Biden's son, Hunter and his foreign business dealings. However, Newsmax host Rob Finnerty thinks that effort will not only be successful, but could get Biden reelected in 2024.

In a recent segment tweeted by President Biden's reelection campaign, Finnerty cast doubt on the GOP's ability to follow through on its impeachment threat, and suggested that continuing to double down on efforts to do so would be a waste of time.

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"I'm just wondering political implications. So now we're on the clock here. We're less than 11 months from election day... This is going to be a very close election, November 5, 2024. What does this mean for Biden? Let's say the House decides In February, March, early '24 to move forward with impeaching him in the House. It's dead on arrival in the Senate, we know that. Democrats control the Senate, so it's an exercise in futility anyway," Finnerty said.

"I'm thinking about Bill Clinton, 1996, this only made him stronger," he added. "Could [impeachment] actually have the opposite effect and make Joe Biden stronger?"

Finnerty isn't alone in doubting the veracity of the impeachment case. During a Tuesday gaggle with reporters on Capitol Hill, Rep. Don Bacon (R-Nebraska) – who is generally considered to be a more moderate member of his caucus — frankly admitted that there is "probably not" sufficient evidence to make the case that Joe Biden committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" necessitating his impeachment and removal from office. However, Bacon added that he would likely vote to move ahead with the inquiry anyway.

In order to impeach a president, a majority of the House of Representatives needs to vote in favor of the measure. But in order to remove a president, two-thirds of the US Senate must vote to convict. Former President Donald Trump was impeached twice in the House of Representatives, but senators failed to gather enough votes to convict even with several Republican senators voting with their Democratic colleagues to convict then-lame duck President Trump following the deadly January 6 riot.

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