House GOPer Dismisses Impeachment: ‘Have You Met Joe Biden?’ (VIDEO)

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-SC, joins Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, as he speaks to reporters about a bill he has sponsored that charges President Barack... Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-SC, joins Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, as he speaks to reporters about a bill he has sponsored that charges President Barack Obama with failing to enforce federal laws, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Casting Barack Obama as a president run amok, the Republican-led House has voted 233-181 as GOP lawmakers excoriated Obama for multiple changes to his 4-year-old health care law, steps he's taken to allow young immigrants to remain in the United States and the administration's resistance to defend the federal law banning gay marriage. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS

One prominent House Republican had a ready-made one-liner when asked about the impeachment rumblings popping up among some of his colleagues as President Barack Obama prepares to take execution action on immigration.

“Have you met Joe Biden?” Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), the man tasked with overseeing the special Benghazi committee, told Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly on Thursday, “is my response to that. So, no. Nobody is discussing impeachment except for pundits and commentators.”

“First of all, impeachment is a punishment. It’s not a remedy,” Gowdy said. “Second of all, the only people who want us to talk about impeachment are the president’s allies.”

Gowdy did, however, reference “the appropriations process” as a possible response to Obama’s actions.

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  1. Avatar for darcy darcy says:

    Doesn’t this idiot have like three different hairdos? Has anyone else pick up on that?

  2. It’s ‘funny’ that we only hear the ‘I’ word from the GOP but it’s always the ‘Dems’ that are pushing it. This fool isn’t smart enough to clean Biden’s shoes but he can snarkily put him down. What a stupid rube.

  3. I have not met Mr. Biden. I have, however, seen the funny point on the top of your head.

  4. Avatar for marby marby says:

    Well, at least this guy has thought far enough ahead to realize that Joe Biden would become President if impeachment happened. The Republican base is motivated by pure Obama hatred with no idea of who and how they would govern if he were removed from office.

  5. Shut your face, Draco, before somebody with respect for human dignity shuts it for you. Nobody wants to hear your venomous weaselly little opinions.

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