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What Americans Think Of The Biden Impeachment Inquiry (fivethirtyeight.com)

submitted 1 year ago by theangriestbird@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

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Perhaps most worryingly for Republicans, most Americans don’t think an impeachment inquiry into Biden is warranted right now. A GBAO/Fabrizio, Lee & Associates poll for The Wall Street Journal conducted in late August found that 52 percent of Americans oppose impeaching Biden, and only 41 percent are in favor. More recently, a YouGov poll conducted on September 13 found that 41 percent of Americans oppose impeaching Biden, 44 percent are in support and 15 percent don’t know. In early October 2019, when Trump’s first impeachment was getting underway, Americans were more closely divided, according to our polling tracker. And in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, majorities of Americans supported Trump’s impeachment; a slim majority of Americans even consistently supported removing Trump from office before the end of his term.

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[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

From the beginning of the article:

McCarthy accused the Biden family of “a culture of corruption,” saying that the Biden administration gave Hunter “special treatment” in a criminal tax and gun investigation, and that Biden himself had lied about his knowledge of his son’s financial dealings.

"A culture of corruption", you say?

Surely our anti-corruption crusader Kevin McCarthy would want to do something about all this historical corruption, right? Oh wait...he voted no to impeach Trump TWICE!? Surely this new impeachment couldn't be politically motivated!?

[–] sleet01@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Being able to act hypocritically, flout the rules and regs, and get away with it is political Viagra to these assholes. It's what they live for. It's impossible to "catch them" in flagrant acts of hypocrisy because the act of you noticing them being douchebags but not being able to stop them gives them massive power boners.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I just like to stay apprised of it so i have ammo in the off-chance that i'm having a civil conversation with someone that somehow doesn't realize how hypocritical and morally-bankrupt the GOP leaders are.