House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries argued on Sunday that his Republicans colleagues are “in the middle of a civil war” over the best way forward amid a newly launched impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, an ongoing spending fight and another looming shutdown of the federal government.
“Civil war has the following attributes: chaos, dysfunction and extremism. The House Republican civil war is hurting hardworking American taxpayers and limiting our ability to be able to solve problems on their behalf,” Jeffries told ABC “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl.
“It’s unfortunate. But as House Democrats, we’re going to continue to try to find common ground with the other side of the aisle,” Jeffries said, adding: “Hopefully the House Republicans will come along so that we can work to make sure we are funding the government.”
That’s about it, but to be clear it’s an impeachment inquiry, which is basically opening an investigation. Could more evidence be uncovered by that investigation? Sure, that’s the point. But will enough be found to prove high crimes or misdemeanors, have articles of impeachment written up, be brought to a vote, and actually impeach the president? Highly unlikely, and it only gets less likely with each step. Oh, and that says nothing about the Democrat-controlled Senate that needs a 2/3 vote to convict.