Johnson Calls Trump’s Two Impeachments “Meritless”

“While we take no pleasure in the proceedings here, we have a responsibility to do it. We owe it to the American people to continue this process but to do it methodically and transparently. We lamented openly, we decried how the Democrats politicized that process. They were brazenly political in how they brought those meritless impeachment charges against the president.

“This, what you’re seeing here, is exactly the opposite. We are the rule of law team. The Republican Party stands for the rule of law and the people in charge of this are doing this thoroughly, carefully, methodically. They’re gathering all the facts.

“And to do this appropriately and to do it in a manner that upholds our constitutional responsibility requires time. It requires a sound process. You don’t rush something like this. You can’t if you’re going to have fidelity to the constitution.” – Speaker Mike Johnson, at today’s press conference on impeaching President Biden.

Speaker Mike Johnson during a news conference dismisses both of Trump’s impeachments as “meritless” pic.twitter.com/twXn3ztSh2

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 29, 2023

A reporter pokes holes in the Republican impeachment narrative by pointing out witnesses in the Trump impeachment said having the Ukrainian prosecutor removed was state department policy. Johnson falls back to his list of bullet points and ends the press conference pic.twitter.com/IyiHQ1IPoq

— Acyn (@Acyn) November 29, 2023

this is an absolutely fantastic question from a reporter to Speaker Johnson that exposes the baselessness of House Republicans’ impeachment push (note how Johnson just ignores it and changes the topic) pic.twitter.com/YYGnATGdo7

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 29, 2023