Matt Gaetz threatens to try and force Kevin McCarthy OUT as Speaker if he stands in the way of impeaching Biden

Firebrand’s Republican Representative Matt Gaetz has said lawmakers could soon force a vote on President Joe Biden’s impeachment — and warned Chairman Kevin McCarthy that he could face consequences if he tries to stop them.

The lawmaker urged his Republican colleagues to “take the initiative” in investigating the 80-year-old president when they return to Washington next week.

He also said McCarthy “might not have the job for long” if he “gets in the way” of pushing for a Congressional trial over Biden’s ties to his son Hunter’s foreign affairs deals.

McCarthy agreed to lower requirements for a motion to remove him as chairman in negotiations to secure his election in a 15-vote ballot in January.

Gaetz now threatens to use the procedure from the ‘toolkit’ if impeachment is not on the agenda next week.

“I’ve traveled the country and talked to so many Americans. They are currently disillusioned with the Republicans in the House of Representatives,” Gaetz said conservative radio host Todd Starnes Tuesday.

“They think we have not put up a substantial fight to defeat the worst elements of this Biden administration.

“I worked very hard in January to develop a toolkit that Republicans in the House of Representatives can use in a productive and positive way. I don’t believe we’ve used those tools as effectively as we should.

“When we get back to Washington, we have to seize the initiative.

“That means forcing impeachment votes. And if Speaker McCarthy gets in our way, he may not have this job for long.

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have been investigating Biden and issues with his family’s foreign business deals since he was inaugurated in January 2020.

But the party faces an internal division over an impeachment vote.

Lawmakers on the right strongly support the proposal, while more moderate members have opposed it.

The issue will also be at the center of government shutdown negotiations as the Sept. 30 deadline approaches.

Marjorie Taylor Greene vowed to vote against funding the government if impeachment proceedings had not begun.

The White House has rejected any suggestion that Joe was involved in his son Hunter’s business deals and stressed that Biden’s impeachment proceedings are politically motivated.

Ian Sams, White House spokesman for surveillance and investigations, denounced Gaetz’s comments.

After openly admitting that the purpose of impeachment is not to get to the bottom of the truth, but instead to politically harm the president, Matt Gaetz reaffirms that the evidence-free impeachment stunt by Republicans in the House of Representatives is driven by the demands of the Republicans. most extreme, far-right members of Congress, he said.

“Last week Marjorie Taylor Greene threatened to shut down the government if she didn’t get an impeachment vote, and now Gaetz may be threatening to impeach Speaker McCarthy if he doesn’t give them what they want,” Sams said.

“If Speaker McCarthy opens an impeachment inquiry simply to throw red meat at the right wing, it will prove once again that this is nothing more than a costly, illegitimate, politically motivated exercise that is not grounded in reality.”