The opening of an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden has started a fire in Congress' GOP as supporting members attempt to justify the probe alleging Biden's personal benefit from his son's business dealings, and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., faces intensifying pressure from others in the right-wing base.
After McCarthy announced the full impeachment inquiry into the president Tuesday morning, House Republican Matt Gaetz, Fla., dismissed the move as a "baby step following weeks of pressure from House conservatives to do more" during a speech on the House floor, adding "We must move faster" and a promise to pursue McCarthy's ousting absent conservative reforms he's orioised.
