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Non-USian here, wondering what this Biden impeachment thing is I'm hearing about for the first time. Is there anything more to it than "well they impeached our guy"?
You're right, it is revenge for applying justice to wrong doing. Objectively there is no evidence of Biden doing anything criminal but the conservatives want to push the idea that if their leader can be brought up on criminal charges then it applies to anyone - even a sitting president.
Clinton was impeached because we "almost impeached" Nixon. And to distract from his as well as Reagan and Bush's crimes. Now that we've actually held a Republican minorly to account in a largely meaningless way. Republicans have become fully unhinged. And after a setback of nearly 100 years, finally fully ready to openly embrace fascism again. Persecuting and prosecuting people simply for who they are.
Nope. It's all for revenge and for keeping their base riled up and misinformed.
It's revenge and nothing else
I think it's slightly more than just that. With this inquiry, as bullshit as it is, they can with the next elections tell their base "see? Theyr guy got impeached too!"
It's a bullshit strategy, but a strategy nonetheless and it'll work because their base isn't exactly known for being highly educated or well informed
That's pretty much it. The goppers have raging butthurt over their guy getting caught (several times).
That's about it, but to be clear it's an impeachment inquiry, which is basically opening an investigation. Could more evidence be uncovered by that investigation? Sure, that's the point. But will enough be found to prove high crimes or misdemeanors, have articles of impeachment written up, be brought to a vote, and actually impeach the president? Highly unlikely, and it only gets less likely with each step. Oh, and that says nothing about the Democrat-controlled Senate that needs a 2/3 vote to convict.