HOLY SHIT. ARE YOU SERIOUS BOEHNER? HOLY SHIT THE ALTERNATE UNIVERSE YOU LIVE IN NOW NO LONGER STORES MEMORIES OF WHAT YOU AND YOUR POLITICAL PARTY HAVE BEEN SAYING OR DOING? FROM WIKI: Iin October 2010, prior to the elections in which Republicans won control of the House, Jonathan Chait published an article in The New Republic called Scandal TBD where he predicted that if Republicans were to win control of the House, and Barack Obama were to win re-election in 2012, the Republicans would try to impeach Obama and use any reason possible as pretext.[4] 2010: Darrell Issa[edit] In May 2010, Republican Darrell Issa of California stated that the allegation that the White House had offered Pennsylvania Representative Joe Sestak a job to persuade Sestak to drop out of the Pennsylvania Senate primary election against Arlen Specter is one that everyone from Arlen Spector to Dick Morris has said is in fact a crime, and could be impeachable.[5] With the possibility of becoming chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in January 2011, Issa said in October 2010 that the committee would not seek to impeach Obama.[6] 2011: Michael C. Burgess[edit] In August 2011, Republican Congressman Michael C. Burgess of Texas stated that the impeachment of Barack Obama needs to happen in order to prevent Obama from pushing his agenda. Burgess did not mention any grounds for impeachment.[7] 2012: Jon Kyl[edit] In June 2012, Senator Jon Kyl said on the Bill Bennett radio show that impeachment is always a possibility when discussing the Obama Administration policy on immigration.[8] May 2013: James Inhofe, Benghazi attack[edit] In May 2013, Republican Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma stated that President Obama could be impeached over what he alleged was a White House cover-up after last years attack in Benghazi, Libya.[2] Inhofe said that of all the great cover-ups in history—the Pentagon papers, Iran-Contra, Watergate, all the rest of them—this ... is going to go down as most egregious cover-up in American history.[2] Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah also stated in an interview that impeachment was within the realm of possibilities with regard to the September 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, Libya, later clarifying that its not something Im seeking and that Im not willing to take that off the table. But thats certainly not what were striving for.[9] August 2013: Tom Coburn, Blake Farenthold, Kerry Bentivolio[edit] In August 2013, Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma responded to a questioner in a town hall meeting, who had asserted that President Obama was failing to carry out his constitutional responsibilities, by saying that you have to establish the criteria that would qualify for proceedings against the president... and thats called impeachment.[10][11] Coburn added, I dont have the legal background to know if that rises to high crimes and misdemeanors, but I think youre getting perilously close.[10] Coburn did not specify what grounds he felt would support impeachment, but NBC News noted that Coburn mentioned that he believes Department of Homeland Security officials have told career USCIS employees to ignore background checks for immigrants. Coburn mentioned no evidence that substantiated his belief.[10] At a town hall meeting with constituents, Congressman Blake Farenthold said that Obama should be impeached due to issues with Obamas birth certificate. Farenthold said that he thinks that the House is already out of the barn on this, on the whole birth certificate issue.[12] On August 19, 2013, Republican Congressman Kerry Bentivolio stated that if he could write articles of impeachment, it would be a dream come true. To help in achieving that goal, he retained experts and historians.[13][14] December 2013[edit] On December 3, 2013, the House Judiciary committee held a hearing on the President that was formally titled The Presidents Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws, which has been viewed as an attempt to begin justifying impeachment proceedings.[15]
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