It’s been nearly two weeks to the day since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, and former Vice President Joe Biden just endorsed the cause.
As a 2020 presidential candidate widely considered the frontrunner, calling for the impeachment of the sitting president for the first time is notable. But given the circumstances surrounding the impeachment probe — which is centered on Trump’s efforts to get a foreign power to investigate Biden’s son — it took Biden a while to come around to it.
During an event Wednesday in New Hampshire, Biden said that Trump had committed “impeachable offenses” and elevated the validity of Democrats’ probe before offering a full-throated embrace of the effort.
“To preserve our Constitution, our democracy, our basic integrity, he should be impeached,” Biden said. “That’s not only because of what he’s done. To answer whether he’s committed acts sufficient to warrant impeachment is obvious. We see it in Trump’s own words. We see it in the texts from State Department officials that have been made public. We see it in his pulling much of the United States government into his corrupt schemes, individuals within the government, his appointees. But we have to remember that impeachment isn’t only about what the President’s done, it’s about the threat the President poses to the nation if they allowed to remain in office.”
Biden says Trump should be impeached pic.twitter.com/gMbFo0DCoo
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) October 9, 2019
Trump responded within minutes.
So pathetic to see Sleepy Joe Biden, who with his son, Hunter, and to the detriment of the American Taxpayer, has ripped off at least two countries for millions of dollars, calling for my impeachment – and I did nothing wrong. Joe’s Failing Campaign gave him no other choice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9, 2019
Two weeks.
This is not a politician for the internet age.
I agree. For the man who holds himself up as the best able to best Trump, he doesn’t display a lot of warrior instinct.
Why is Trump trying to get countries to open investigations if there is already enough proof for the president of the United States to be accusing Americans of crimes?
Well done Joe.
Someone so ideologically blind that it took him – of all people – this long, has no business being president himself.
This was good from Joe.
Joe’s not my #1, but for the sake of the country, I do hope he has a stellar debate performance next week. I do believe that if the GOP sees that Biden looks good that they will have to conclude that Trump can’t beat him, particularly in the rust belt. Then that might shift the GOP’s thinking to how to protect their Senate majority. Trump adds no value for the US Senate and he’s sucking up all the money they’ll need against better funded Democratic candidates (don’t tell me that Trump will ever allow any RNC money to go to GOP Senate candidates. He’s keeping it all for himself, and much of it will go to pay his bills and fund his resorts).
A strong performance by Biden might push the GOP to move in the direction of forcing Trump’s resignation.