House Republicans know that their rapidly shrinking majorityā€”and their lack of evidenceā€”has put them in an impossible position.

Despite drumbeating for more than a year to impeach Joe Biden, House Republicans have quietly begun looking for an off-ramp in the face of an overwhelming lack of evidence against the presidentā€”and a rapidly shrinking majority in the chamber.

Republicans have accused Biden and his son Hunter of corruption and influence peddling, but their lengthy investigation has failed to turn up any proof of the presidentā€™s wrongdoing. In fact, the biggest criminal act revealed during the course of the probe was committed by the GOPā€™s own star witness, Alexander Smirnov. The Department of Justice has accused him of making up the allegations against the Biden family that jump-started the whole impeachment effort.

As the investigation crumbles, Republicans are starting to sour on it entirely. ā€œI donā€™t think we have the will to impeach Joe Biden,ā€ Texas Representative Troy Nehls told Fox News on Tuesday. ā€œWe just donā€™t.ā€

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    8 months ago

    But he was in a position to abuse his power and all people do, therefore despite lack of evidence and history of these acts heā€™s guilty. It was worth investigating but they should have stopped when it became obvious there wasnā€™t any real corruption.

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      8 months ago

      It was worth investigating

      No. No it wasnā€™t. There was never anything to investigate other than the rumors they themselves made up.