If there's one thing everyone in pundit land can agree on, it's that Eric Cantor's primary loss has pushed the party even further to the right, to the point where GOP members of congress are now openly predicting impeachment articles would pass the House.
Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) said Monday he thinks impeachment of President Barack Obama “probably could” pass in the House of Representatives.
“He’s just absolutely ignoring the Constitution, and ignoring the laws, and ignoring the checks and balances,” Barletta said during an appearance on a local radio show, audio of which was first posted by BuzzFeed. “The problem is, you know, what do you do for those that say impeach him for breaking the laws or bypassing the laws. Could that pass in the House? It probably, it probably could.”
Barletta also mentioned the defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to a little known tea party candidate David Brat, calling the upset a “big message” that people in Washington “better pay attention to.”
Although the Republican congressman said impeachment could pass among fellow lawmakers, he was unsure if the public would be in favor of it.
Last year, a similar declaration about impeachment was made by Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX), who told constituents in his district "you could probably get the votes in the House of Representatives to do it."
You'd better believe that the GOP will soon put this theory to the test, more than likely next year after midterm elections.
Note than Barletta can't name any specific impeachable offenses, but nobody's really got time for that, do they? The only question is how quickly after the dust settles on the 2014 midterms that this happens, and how quickly the country turns on the GOP as a result.
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