I largely
agree with Rep. Ken Buck that this is an unconstitutional gimmick that does not meet the standard of impeachment for "high crimes and misdemeanors." Now the Senate has to dust off the old (almost 150 years!) rulebook for a sitting Cabinet official.
But then Charles C.W. Cooke makes some salient counterarguments about the utter failure of this administration to "Take Care" that immigration laws are enforced.
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"Unconstitutional, but..."
Jake Sherman:
THE DISASTER THAT IS HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
Just this week, Speaker Johnson has:
→ Seen Democrats win a special election in New York, narrowing the already minuscule GOP majority to two votes.
→ Lost a sixth rule vote on the House floor — a measure that would’ve allowed an increase in the state-and-local tax (SALT) deduction — when 18 Republicans bucked their own leadership and voted no. This Republican majority has lost more rule votes than any other majority in five decades, a stunning sign of weakness.
→ Abruptly pulled a bill to overhaul FISA due to Republican infighting. The GOP leadership said the House would vote on the bill before locking down the votes, despite some senior Republicans raising internal objections. This is the second time Johnson had to pull a FISA bill this Congress.
→ Seen another committee chair announce his resignation. Mark Green, chair of the Homeland Security Committee, is leaving Congress after only six years. The 59-year-old Green — the fourth committee chair to retire — just led the impeachment of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
→ Decided against putting a bill on the floor to provide billions of dollars in new aid to Israel without offsets. Just a week ago, Johnson allowed a vote on Israel aid that he knew was going to fail.
→ Provided absolutely no insight to rank-and-file lawmakers on how he’ll handle the Senate’s bipartisan $95 billion foreign aid package. Johnson said the bill isn’t a priority because the federal government is scheduled to shut down in a few weeks.
→ Witnessed the House Intelligence Committee chair issue a dire public warning about a “serious national security threat” to the country, only to have Senate Intelligence Committee leaders and the White House downplay the issue.
Mike Johnson:
"The Lord impressed upon my heart a few weeks before this happened that something was going to occur. And the Lord very specifically told me in my prayers to prepare but to wait. I had this sense that we were going to come to a Red Sea moment in our Republican conference and the country at large.
..."He had been speaking to me about this. And the Lord told me very clearly to prepare. ...And the Lord began to wake me up through this three-week process we were in, in the middle of the night, and to speak to me. And I began to write things down, plans and procedures and ideas on how we could pull the conference together. I assumed the Lord was going to choose a new Moses.
...The Lord kept telling me to wait. And I waited and waited. And it came to the end, and the Lord said, “Now, step forward.”
...I believe that Scripture, the Bible, is very clear. That God is the one who raises up those in authority."
When God "chose" Mike Johnson to be His "new Moses," was He drunk?
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