The Gang that Couldn't Impeach Straight
You almost have to feel sorry for James Comer and Jim Jordan, the Crown Princes of Chaos. But as their fever dream of impeaching Joe Biden slowly disappears into the MAGA maw all you should really feel is contempt. For Congress.
But there’s no mercy rule when it comes to the behavior of House Republicans who have placed politics uber alles — from the operation of government to the shameful refusal to come to the aid of a country attacked by a war criminal who shows no compunction to kill innocent women and children. Or his political opponents.
Comer, R-Performance Artist, and Jordan, R-Wrestling Coach, simply don’t know when to call it quits, although yesterday’s testimony by former Rudy Giuliani comrade-in-arms Lev Parnas should send a strong signal.
The Ukrainian-American businessman, who spent two years trying to dig up dirt on the “Biden Crime Family,” laid out his findings before Comer Pyle’s oversight committee.
“The American people have been lied to, by Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and various cohorts of individuals in government and media positions,” Parnas said in his opening statement. “They created falsehoods to serve their own interests knowing it would undermine the strength of our nation.
“Congressman Pete Sessions, then-Congressman Devin Nunes, Senator Ron Johnson and many others understood they were pushing a false narrative,” he said. “The same goes for John Solomon, Sean Hannity and media personnel, particularly with Fox News, who use this narrative to manipulate the public ahead of the 2020 elections. Sadly, they are still doing this today as we approach the 2024 elections…
“The only information ever pushed on the Bidens and Ukraine has come from one source and one source only: Russia and Russian agents.”
To be sure, Parnas is no angel. He was sentenced to 20 months in prison for campaign finance, wire fraud, and false statements offenses. But then again, one of Comer’s “star witnesses,” Jason Galanis, delivered his “evidence” against Hunter Biden from a prison cell where he was doing time for securities fraud.
Parnas’ testimony was enough to convince Massachusetts Democrat Stephen Lynch there was enough evidence to impeach … Donald Trump.
“When you review the entire record of evidence of these hearings going back over a year, you've actually provided more evidence to impeach Donald Trump for a third time than you have in so much as laying a glove on Joe Biden.”
With the House Republican majority hanging by a thread, even Comer may be seeing the light, suggesting he would simply offer a criminal referral of Joe Biden to the Justice Department to await the coming of Trump 47.
Sidekick Jordan is not giving up quite so easily on his aim to muddy the Biden waters, this time on immigration.
The Ohioan who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, and the aptly named Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, is launching an investigation into a Haitian migrant accused of raping a 15-year-old girl at a Rockland, Massachusetts shelter.
Jordan, who has been silent about allegations of sexual abuse by an Ohio State University doctor who dressed next to him in the wrestling team locker room, has also been silent about another alleged rape — this time by an Irish firefighter who was pulled off an airplane as he attempted to flee the country.
Anyone taking odds that Jordan will take up her cause?