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On the recordFebruary 6, 2024
We are here because the madcap wild goose chase to impeach Joe Biden has produced no wild geese. Even FOX News is lampooning the fact that their own expert witnesses repeatedly say that President Biden did nothing wrong and that there are no grounds for impeachment. More than a dozen GOP Members in Biden majority districts don't want to go anywhere near that fantasy production. So, the Trump-Putin-MAGA faction, headed up by the distinguished gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. Greene), has been given this worthless trinket of a consolation prize--the opportunity to bring this slapstick impeachment drive against a Cabinet member of unimpeachable integrity who has obviously committed no treason, no bribery, no high crimes, no misdemeanors, nothing indictable or even ``in-dict-able,'' if you prefer. What makes this farce a tragedy is that Secretary Mayorkas and the U.S. Senate have been working for months to achieve precisely the immigration and border compromise the GOP has been demanding. Miraculously, they got to a bipartisan immigration agreement for billions of dollars for more Border Patrol officers, immigration judges, and fentanyl detection machines--a far tougher border. It was good enough for Senator Mitch McConnell and dozens of GOP Senators, and it was good enough for The Wall Street Journal, but the House MAGAs would not take ``yes'' for an answer. Why? Because Donald Trump doesn't want a border solution. He wants a border problem. Nothing else to run on.…
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
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govinfo.gov
Feb 6, 2024

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