Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy took aim at Merrick Garland on Sunday, warning that he will launch an impeachment inquiry against the attorney general if an IRS whistleblower's allegations pan out. The exact backstory behind the threat is a complicated one, involving Hunter Biden and the GOP's seemingly misguided belief that the president's son got some kind of sweetheart deal.
McCarthy's willingness to threaten Garland's removal is an escalation of the House GOP's monomaniacal focus on owning the Biden administration. It showcases a striking contrast with his predecessor Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Pelosi often treated impeachment as an atomic bomb with a hair trigger — a powerful weapon whose fallout made it not worth using. McCarthy, on the other hand, prefers to swing impeachment around like a wiffle bat — seemingly threatening when bluffing, but useless as an actual tool for enforcement.
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