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[Analysis] Republicans are talking up the possibility of impeaching Biden. Is it what voters want to hear?

apnews.com Republicans are talking up the possibility of impeaching Biden. Is it what voters want to hear?

Republicans are energizing GOP voters with ongoing U.S. House probes on Hunter Biden and the threat of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden's family finances.

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Bill Mehlem recalls a time when his politics generally aligned with conservatives, enthusiastically backing Republicans such as John McCain during his 2008 presidential campaign.

But the stay-at-home dad has grown dismayed with the tempestuous GOP molded by former President Donald Trump, who is now seeking a return to the White House. And the threat of a Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden’s family finances and the churning U.S. House probes of his son, Hunter Biden, have left Mehlem indignant, angry and remembering why he’s a political independent.

“It’s all about revenge politics to keep Trump’s base” engaged for the 2024 elections, Mehlem said. “It’s all about nothing.”

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Almost 1300 words in the article, and there's exactly zero indication of any grounds for impeachment.

Republican voters do. I'm still not sure what he did to be impeached over but they have to get their revenge in somehow

I'm fine with Republicans attempting to impeach Biden. It will fire up the extremists on the right, but it will also fire up Democrats while turning off any moderate voters out there. It hurts republicans far more than it hurts Democrats, it makes them look like petulant children, and that should help persuade voters to push them out of power. If they are going to abuse the tools of power, which they will, I would rather have it happen with Biden, who is about as clean and boring as a politician gets, rather than having them going on a fishing expedition and finding something like Clinton.

Depends entirely which side of the aisle the voter aligns with.
All the sane ones have been shaking their heads for more than half a decade.
- Just more than half a decade? I've been shaking my head for well over 20 years.
  
  From the first iteration of “trickle down”, if we’re being completely honest here; with a big WTF for the Nixon era.
  
  shaking my head? ive been sitting at the foot of the stairs!
  
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