Half of all voters support a Biden impeachment inquiry – including more than a third of DEMOCRATS

Voters are divided on whether they support House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden — but more than a third of Democrats approve of the proceedings.

Forty-eight percent of voters surveyed in a new Morning Consult poll support the impeachment inquiry, while 42 percent oppose it and 10 percent are unsure how they feel.

A shocking 36 percent of Democratic voters approve of the impeachment inquiry. Not surprisingly, 63 percent of Republicans also believe impeachment is the right move.

By a margin of almost 10 percent, independent voters are more likely to support the impeachment inquiry than to oppose it.

When the House returned to session last Tuesday after its August recess, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy immediately announced the opening of an impeachment investigation into President Biden and his family’s shady business dealings.

It follows months of pressure from MAGA Republicans pushing McCarthy to impeach Biden.

Democrats claim it is a “foolish” revenge mission for the two impeachment charges against former President Donald Trump. But Republicans argue this is to hold Biden and his family accountable for widespread corruption.

The latest Morning Consult poll, conducted from September 15 to 17, shows that two-thirds of Democrats believe impeachment was launched as a way to damage Biden’s political standing. Only 16 percent of Democrats think — despite much more agreement with the investigation — that impeachment proceedings were opened because of evidence of wrongdoing.

But 74 percent of Republicans believe there was misconduct, which is why the investigation was launched.

With the opening of an official impeachment inquiry against Biden, House of Representatives investigators now have more powers to get to the bottom of their investigation. This could include calling President Biden and his son Hunter, 53, to testify.

Next Thursday, Republicans in the House of Representatives will hold their first impeachment hearing. As part of the first proceeding, Republicans plan to subpoena the bank records of Hunter and President Biden’s brother James.

The Republican Party has accused Biden of corruption and abuse of power over his alleged ties to Hunter’s foreign affairs deals when he was vice president.

Republicans say bank records show the Biden family and associates have raked in more than $20 million from China, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Romania.

White House Oversight and Investigations spokesman Ian Sams called the hearing a “political stunt” in a statement Tuesday, days before an expected government shutdown.

The House Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), takes charge of the investigation, which is usually used to gather evidence for formal charges that must be voted on by panels before going to the House for a hearing mood. .

The Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees, chaired by Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Jason Smith (R-Mo.) respectively, are also assisting in the impeachment investigation.

Once the House Judiciary panel votes on the indictment, the issue of impeachment will come up — where a simple majority vote will result in Biden’s removal.