Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who is expected to beryllium the adjacent House Speaker, tossed retired a scope of imaginable investigations. | Patrick Semansky/AP Photo
Hours aft they were projected to retake the majority connected Wednesday, House Republicans were discussing plans to analyse President Joe Biden and radical astir him.
On Fox News, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who is expected to beryllium the adjacent House Speaker, tossed retired a scope of imaginable investigations, from Biden’s withdrawal successful Afghanistan to immigrants entering astatine the border. Minutes later, Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and James Comer (R-Ky.) discussed plans to analyse politicization successful national instrumentality enforcement and Hunter Biden’s concern affairs.
“We are going to marque it precise wide that this is present an probe of President Biden,” Comer said, referring to a planned Republican property league Thursday astir the president and his son’s concern dealings.
House Republican members person threatened to analyse Biden and elements of his medication since aboriginal successful his presidency. But lone starting successful January, pursuing their projected retaking of the House bulk connected Wednesday, volition they person the quality to acceptable the docket for the House and its committees.
Asked astir imaginable Republican investigations, McCarthy made notation to the origins of the Covid-19 virus; the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ occupation performance; and whether determination could beryllium terrorists coming crossed the border.
“What bash they person planned? Who are they talking to, and wherefore are they here? That is conscionable the start,” McCarthy said of imaginable investigations connected undocumented immigrants.
Republicans volition person a slender House majority. If McCarthy becomes Speaker — arsenic his league nominated him to beryllium this week — his ballot margins for executing plans volition beryllium slimmer than galore observers had predicted anterior to the midterm elections.
“We person to enactment arsenic a team, oregon we’ll suffer arsenic individuals,” McCarthy told big Sean Hannity. “And I judge this league volition rally together.”
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