Home Speaker Mike Johnson had a plan. He had deliberate to lastly—lastly—ship the articles of impeachment for Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate this week, although the impeachment, as he nicely is aware of, is lifeless on arrival as a result of even Republican senators can’t get it as much as convict.
However now, in response to The Hill, Johnson has a brand new plan. And the brand new plan is to maintain ready.
“To make sure the Senate has sufficient time to carry out its constitutional responsibility, the Home will transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate subsequent week,” a Johnson spokesperson mentioned.
What distinction might one week make? In all probability none. There’s so little enthusiasm for this ridiculous Republican stunt to attempt to embarrass the Biden administration that Johnson couldn’t even get the impeachment by way of the Home the primary time he tried. Regardless of his efforts, he managed to embarrass solely himself.
Johnson tried once more every week later and simply barely pulled it off, however he and his fellow Republicans have been sitting on their impeachment since February ready for … nicely, it isn’t totally clear what they’ve been ready for.
A number of of their colleagues within the Senate have made it fairly clear that they couldn’t care much less about this impeachment. A lot in order that some have prompt they may even assist Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer dismiss the entire thing with no trial.
As a result of whereas the Republicans within the Home have satisfied themselves that Mayorkas did very unhealthy issues like supporting President Joe Biden’s insurance policies, Republicans within the Senate are keen to confess that’s not an precise crime.
“If there’s a coverage distinction, it’s with the president,” Mitt Romney mentioned, “not the secretary that studies to him.”
And in case that isn’t clear sufficient, Romney advised Axios he would not “suppose the constitutional normal of excessive crime and misdemeanor has been met.”
Even Romney’s fellow Utahn Mike Lee, who apparently made the request to postpone, doesn’t sound all that jazzed in regards to the impeachment trial.
He mentioned he was “very grateful” that Johnson was keen to delay the impeachment course of yet one more week, below the speculation that if the Senate will get the paperwork earlier within the week, it would in some way change senators’ hearts and minds and make them extra keen to hold out this charade.
“It’s significantly better for us to do that at the start of a legislative week quite than towards the tip of 1 and I thank him for doing that,” Lee mentioned.
Okay, positive. Simply wait a bit of bit longer and the Senate will come round. However maybe, simply to be secure, Johnson ought to give it one other week after that. And one other week after that. And one other week ….
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