Live now: House Republicans officially announce start of investigation into Hunter Biden and “the big guy”

[rightwinger]

We learned from Democrats.

Democrats passed Obamacare, Economic Stimulus, COVID relief, Infrastructure, Semiconductors, Climate Change

What have Republicans done other than senseless political investigations?

 

[Catsnmeters]

Muller didn’t delivery your fantasy
You are still pissed.

Thanks for telling me how I feel.

Neat trick.

Tell me, how many fingers am I holding up?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The investigation of Joe Biden has begun. Conspiracy, wire fraud, violation of Foreign Agent Registry Act, money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and more.

Let the bodies hit the floor.

Further confirmation of the fact that Republicans have contempt for sound, responsible governance.

 

[Catsnmeters]

Mueller was a Republican investigation? Concerning who and how For the Republicans?

Which Democrat appointed Mueller?

 

[JGalt]

Russia collusion was and is still real. Look to the MAGAts all in for Putin.

Please seek help before your hurt yourself or someone else.

 

[BS Filter]

Democrats passed Obamacare, Economic Stimulus, COVID relief, Infrastructure, Semiconductors, Climate Change

What have Republicans done other than senseless political investigations

I wouldn't be bragging about that shit. Spending taxpayer money to buy votes isn't something I'd brag about.

 

[my2¢]

Monkey see, monkey do. Just as the congressional Democrats showed they had no clue during Trump's administration, I didn't expect anything less from the Republicans.

 

[BS Filter]

Lots of stuff passed in the last 2 years. How did the fat Florida man's "infrastructure weeks" turn out?

Yeah, you twits are good at using taxpayer money to buy votes.

 

[rightwinger]

I wouldn't be bragging about that shit. Spending taxpayer money to buy votes isn't something I'd bragging about.

All great legislation that helped working Americans

Why Republicans hate it

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

We all realize all Republicans are interested in is retaliation and embarrassing the President prior to the 2024 election

But they make no effort to appear like they are actually working for the American people

True – that’s what this is about.

A meritless, bad-faith ‘investigation’ of Hunter Biden having nothing to do with ‘facts’ or the ‘truth,’ it’s solely about partisan politics, it’s about attacking President Biden.

Worse, Republicans know there’s nothing to ‘investigate’ – but they waste the people’s time and money anyway for some perceived partisan gain.

 

[Catsnmeters]

The media is absolutely dominated by left wing.

I disagree yet regardless, that isn't what you claimed.

 

[JGalt]

All great legislation that helped working Americans

Why Republicans hate it

BS. More like legislation that reimbursed wealthy Democrat contributors for their help in getting them elected.

Who do you think is profiting from all this "green energy" BS Biden is pushing? Wealthy Chinese oligarchs with ties to the CCP.

 

[BS Filter]

All great legislation that helped working Americans

Why Republicans hate it

Nobody was working during the covid fiasco thanks to Fauci.

 

[meaner gene]

Everyone will forget about Trump, once Joe and Hunter Biden are indicted.

The two problems with that theory are that the DOJ OLC said that a sitting president can't be indicted.

And a sitting president has the power to pardon any crimes committed against the federal government.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Lots of stuff passed in the last 2 years. How did the fat Florida man's "infrastructure weeks" turn out?

Yes the Inflation reduction act that has fuck all to do with reducing inflation.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

If they did, they learned from the Democrats.

Odd how you’re acting like the last 6 years didn’t happen…

Wrong.

Using bad-faith, meritless Congressional investigations as a partisan weapon is a Republican invention.

 

[JGalt]

The two problems with that theory are that the DOJ OLC said that a sitting president can't be indicted.

And a sitting president has the power to pardon any crimes committed against the federal government.

Even if he can't be "indicted", the overwhelming amount of evidence will pretty much force the Democrats to have him removed from office. Joe Biden has already become an albatross around the neck of the Democrat Party, so it's only a matter of time before they officially throw him underneath the bus.

We're just giving him a little nudge.

 

[Catsnmeters]

When a President and his party have policies that cause things like these to happen to a country in only two years, everyone should oppose them, Republican, Democrat, or Independent:

• A President who promised to "end fossil fuels"

• Gasoline that rose 3 times the price it was in 2018, depending on location

• Ending US Keystone XL pipeline while waiving sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline

• The price of oil jumping up to $130 per barrel

• Draining our own Strategic Oil Reserve to the lowest level since 1984

• Having to beg Saudi Arabia and Venezuela for oil

• Inflation rate that rose as high as 9.1%, which was almost 5 times higher than it was in 2019

• A recession

• The average middle-class family coming up about $6,000 short of purchasing power

• The DOW dropping 6,700 points in only a year

• The stock market losing $9 trillion dollars worth of value in only two years

• Retirement accounts losing $3 trillion dollars

• 30 year fixed mortgages rising by 4.43% in only two years, to 7.75%

• Home prices soaring 43% in only two years and housing sales slumping

• Median asking rent prices rising 79.7% in only two years

• Grocery prices increasing by 13.5% in only two years

• The price of electricity rising by 15.8% in only two years

• Hefty tax increases on the lower and middle class

• 84,000 new IRS agents arming and training to be home invaders

• Use of DOJ and FBI to harass political opponents

• A broken election system corrupt with fraud, sometimes taking months to count

• Wholesale mailing of ballots, ballot drop boxes, and illegal ballot harvesting

• Using a complicit media to lie, distort facts, and disseminate disinformation

• Conducting covert raids on American citizens and confiscating personal property

• Supply line disruptions, backorders, items out of stock or unavailable

• Sporadic shortages on grocery store shelves

• Food-processing plants mysteriously burning down

• Thousands of small businesses destroyed in order to benefit mega-corporations

• Continuing monumental trade deficit with China

• Allowing Communist China to operate "Police Stations" in American cities

• More COVID deaths than in 2020

• Vaccine mandates which caused deaths and debilitating health conditions

• Vaccine mandates which caused massive job losses for those who refused compliance

• A whole generation of kids physically and psychologically damaged by prison-style lockdowns

• Subjecting young girls to creepy boys posing as "transgenders" in girl's locker rooms

• Stealing women's ability to fairly compete by allowing transgender males in women's sports

• Subjecting children to pornographic "Drag shows" and grooming them to be sex objects

• The promotion of transgenserism in schools, resulting in the genital and fertility mutilation
of children and adolescents by unethical medical practices and Big Pharma.

• Mass shootings ocurring sometimes three times a week

• An exponentially-spiraling epidemic of violent crime and drugs

• Fentanyl seizures up 745 percent

• 120% increase in opioid deaths in just two years

• 4.9 million illegals crossing US border within only two years

• 900,000 "gotaways" who eluded apprehension and disappeared into American communities

• Record numbers of illegals dying while crossing the border

• Border Patrol arrests 98 who were on the terror watch list in 2022, 3X the last 5 years combined

• A dishonorable withdrawal from Afghanistan that cost 13 American soldiers their lives

• $7.12 billion worth of US military equipment and weaponry left to the Taliban

• Hundreds of US citizens and Afghans left behind in Afghanistan after the withdrawal

• People falling out of the wheel wells of aircraft leaving Afghanistan

• A weakened US military that's more concerned with "political correctness" than creating soldiers

• A weakened US military via destructive anti-white racism and transgender-promoting policies

• Record low enlistment numbers

• A revitalized Russian oil industry, despite US sanctions

• A war in Ukraine that has cost the US billions of dollars and killed thousands

• Increased possibility of nuclear war with Russia

• Iran expanding their nuclear enrichment program

• China becoming energy and militarily dominant

• A senile, angry, and incompetent president who falls off of a bicycle, falls up stairs, insults
half the people in America, labels people as "terrorists", divides the country, and tries to incite
a civil war.

Ahhh, look at the list. Your copy paste skills are extraordinary.

I can do lists too.

Look at all Biden's accomplishments. Crazy right?

1. Supported airline industry workers. This saved at least 27,000 airline industry jobs. [MSNBC, 3/12/21]
2. Supported restaurant workers. This supported small restaurant owners and workers by opening an exclusive PPP window for smaller mom-and-pop stores to apply and get aid. [CSBJ, 3/3/21]
3. Boosted COVID-19 testing and vaccine implementation. This includes: $7.5 billion to CDC to administer vaccines, $46 billion to diagnose and trace infections, $2 billion for testing and PPE [American Rescue Plan, 3/11/21]
4. Helped families with heating and cooling costs. The ARP boosted LIHEAP by $4.5 billion. [American Rescue Plan, 3/11/21]
5. Gave teachers and schools necessary pandemic funding. This provided $128 billion to state education agencies [WH, 3/15/21]
6. Supported child care facilities. The ARP invested about $15 billion in the Child Care & Development Block Grant program, targeting high-need areas. [American Rescue Plan, 3/11/21]
7. Cancelled student debt for 72,000 borrowers. These students were victims of fraud from for profit institutions. [Department of Education, 03/18/21]
8. Created more than 18,000 infrastructure jobs on public lands. This is a $1.6 billion investment on infrastructure on public lands and for Tribal schools [04/02/21]
9. Condemned racism and intolerance against Asian Americans. This executive order also directed the attorney General “to explore opportunities to support, consistent with applicable law, the efforts of State and local agencies, as well as AAPI communities and community-based organizations, to prevent discrimination, bullying, harassment, and hate crimes against AAPI individuals.” [WH, 01/26/21]
10. Stopped drilling in the Arctic. Among other rule changes, this placed “a temporary moratorium on all activities of the Federal Government relating to the implementation of the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program” in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. [WH, 1/20/21]
11. Halted the Keystone XL pipeline. “The Keystone XL pipeline disserves the U.S. national interest. … Leaving the Keystone XL pipeline permit in place would not be consistent with my Administration’s economic and climate imperatives.” [WH, 1/20/21]
12. Used the Defense Production Act to fight the pandemic. This sped up vaccinations and increased production of PPE. [The Washington Post, 02/05/21]
13. Rescinded “zero tolerance” policy that resulted in family separations. [NBC News, 1/26/21]
14. Fired anti-union NLRB general counsel. The Biden administration fired anti-union NLRB general counsel Peter Robb, who helped Reagan break the air traffic controllers union, and has pushed a pro-business, anti-worker agenda at the NLRB for almost four years. Biden asked for his resignation and when he refused, fired him 10 months before his term ended. [Bloomberg, 1/20/21]
15. Nominated first Senate-confirmed transgender official, Dr. Rachel Levine. She was confirmed in March as the highest-ranking openly transgender official in U.S. history. [The Washington Post, 03/24/2021]
16. Demanded resignation of anti-free speech VOA head. The Biden-Harris administration demanded the resignation of anti-free-speech Voice of America head Michael Pack. While he was running the congressionally-funded international broadcaster VOA, he picked fights with media, attacked the so-called “deep state,” disciplined his own journalists for asking questions of Trump appointees, and faced regular accusations of pro-Trump bias. Biden’s pick to replace him was a whistleblower who is part of a lawsuit alleging Pack committed illegal acts. [NPR, 1/20/21]
17. Created COVID-19 response coordinator reporting to president. This executive order essentially restarted the NSC pandemic response team that Trump eliminated. [White House, 1/20/21]
18. Revoked “global gag rule,” or Mexico City policy. This rescinded the “Mexico City policy, which bans U.S. aid to groups that make referrals for abortion or discuss abortion as an option abroad.” [Time, 1/28/21; White House, 1/28/21]
19. Changed White House website to ask for pronouns. Four years prior to this change, the Trump White House removed all mention of LGBTQ from its website. [NBC News, 1/21/21]
20. Reinstated Spanish-language version of White House website. La Casa Bianca, back after the Trump administration took it down four years ago. [US News, 01/20/21]
21. Made ASL pledge of allegiance at inauguration. This was the first time the pledge was delivered in ASL at an inauguration, demonstrating the administration’s commitment to inclusivity and accessibility. [NPR, 1/20/21]
22. Revoked order on defunding sanctuary cities. [White House, 1/20/21]
23. Booted deregulation. The administration, highlighting “the urgent challenges facing the Nation, including the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, economic recovery, racial justice, and climate change,” declared that agencies have to be “equipped with the flexibility to use robust regulatory action to address national priorities,” to tackle them effectively. “This order revokes harmful policies and directives that threaten to frustrate the Federal Government’s ability to confront these problems.” [WH, 1/20/21]
24. Extended Obamacare enrollment window a second time. This provided coverage to over half a million people. [NBC News, 3/23/21]
25. Extended eviction ban to June 30. This affects millions of tenants. [Politico, 3/29/21]
26. Made plans for new vehicles to be more fuel-efficient. [WH, 1/20/21]
27. Canceled student debt for 41,000 borrowers with disabilities. [Yahoo News, 03/30/21]
28. Directed review of standards that encouraged needless pollution from coal and oil-fired power plants. This was part of a review of regulatory action taken during the Trump administration. [WH, 1/20/21]
29. Protected national monuments. This includes taking action to reverse the shrinking of Bears Ears National Monument, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. [WH, 01/20/21]
30. Acknowledged the cost of carbon pollution. [WH, 01/20/21]
31. Changed rules to allow 25 million people to get boost in food stamp benefits. [CNN, 04/21/21]
32. Brought science back to chemical safety regulations. [EPA, 04/08/21]
33. Restored daily weekday press briefings. [ABC.Net.Au, 01/21/21]
34. Extended eviction moratorium. His first day in office, Biden immediately extended the moratorium through the end of March. [CDC, 1/20/21]
35. Advanced racial equity within government. This directed federal agencies to “assess whether, and to what extent, its programs and policies perpetuate systemic barriers to opportunities and benefits for people of color and other underserved groups.” [WH, 1/20/21]
36. Redirected funding from border wall construction. This also ordered an investigation of whether the funding redirected from the military under Trump was legally done. [WH, 1/20/21]
37. Unfroze $27 billion in funds for international COVID-19 efforts frozen by Trump. [The Hill, 1/20/21]
38. Issued science-based guidance to keep workers safe from COVID-19. [WH, 1/20/21]
39. Ensured equitable pandemic response and recovery. “In order to identify and eliminate health and social inequities resulting in disproportionately higher rates of exposure, illness, and death, I am directing a Government-wide effort to address health equity. The Federal Government must take swift action to prevent and remedy differences in COVID-19 care and outcomes within communities of color and other underserved populations.” [WH, 1/21/21]
40. Incorporated CDC guidance to promote safe travel. This guidance, heretofore lacking, involved mask wearing, recent negative Covid tests for international travel, basic worker protections, and other state and local support measures. [WH, 1/21/21]
41. Set up pandemic testing board to get testing where needed. This includes schools and other high-priority areas. [WH, 1/21/21]
42. Provided national guidance on safe school reopening under COVID-19. This guidance was meant to “provide support to help create the conditions for safe, in-person learning as quickly as possible; ensure high-quality instruction and the delivery of essential services often received by students and young children at school, institutions of higher education, child care providers, and Head Start programs; mitigate learning loss caused by the pandemic; and address educational disparities and inequities that the pandemic has created and exacerbated.” [WH, 1/21/21]
43. Kept and maintained COVID-19 data. This followed a disruptive approach to data collection under the previous administration. [WH, 1/21/21]
44. Ensured pandemic support for the National Guard and FEMA. [WH, 1/21/21]
45. Expanded care and access to treatment for COVID-19. This is meant to accelerate novel therapies, improve health care capacity, and make care more equitable. [WH, 1/21/21]
46. Established a global COVID-19 response director. [Politico, 4/05/21]
47. Made funding for non-congregate sheltering of homeless fully reimbursable. This compares to 75% of the cost covered by FEMA and the rest passed to cities and states, who often cannot pay. [WH, 1/21/21]
48. Strengthened food assistance. “The order will ask the department to consider increasing the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer program, or P-EBT, by 15% and making it easier for households to claim those benefits.” [USA Today, 1/22/21]
49. Guaranteed a $15 minimum wage for federal contractors. This could affect up to 390,000 workers. [Associated Press, 4/27/21]
50. Allowed workers to draw unemployment if they quit because their jobs are not safe. This had been a problem for workers worried about Covid-19. [WH, 3/15/21]
51. Overturned transgender ban on military service. The ban had been put in place by the Trump administration. [Reuters, 1/25/21]
52. Proclaimed science-based COVID-19 travel restrictions. This also included a new ban on travel from South Africa in response to the outbreak of the variant there. [NBC News, 1/25/21]
53. Promoted “Buy American” agenda. The order directs agencies to strengthen their requirements to buy products and services from American companies. [NBC News, 1/25/21]
54. Directed HUD secretary to redress history of housing discrimination. The order declared, “it is the policy of my Administration that the Federal Government shall work with communities to end housing discrimination, to provide redress to those who have experienced housing discrimination, to eliminate racial bias and other forms of discrimination in all stages of home-buying and renting, to lift barriers that restrict housing and neighborhood choice, to promote diverse and inclusive communities, to ensure sufficient physically accessible housing, and to secure equal access to housing opportunity for all.” [WH, 1/21/21]
55. Eliminated continued use of private prisons. The order directed the Attorney General to not renew any contracts with private prisons. [WH, 1/26/21]
56. Reaffirmed federal government’s commitment to tribal sovereignty. “The United States has made solemn promises to Tribal Nations for more than two centuries. Honoring those commitments is particularly vital now, as our Nation faces crises related to health, the economy, racial justice, and climate change — all of which disproportionately harm Native Americans.” [WH, 1/26/21]
57. Asked OMB to “embed racial equity in its work.” [CNN, 01/26/21]
58. Announced major offshore wind energy initiative that would help create 135,000 jobs. [New York Times, 3/29/21]
59. Issued memorandum on scientific integrity. “Improper political interference in the work of Federal scientists or other scientists who support the work of the Federal Government and in the communication of scientific facts undermines the welfare of the Nation, contributes to systemic inequities and injustices, and violates the trust that the public places in government to best serve its collective interests.” [WH, 1/27/21]
60. Re-established presidential council on science and technology. Listening to scientists again. [WH, 1/27/21]
61. Strengthened Medicaid and the ACA. This includes a comprehensive agency review of actions that might undermine Medicaid or support for people with pre-existing conditions. [WH, 1/28/21]
62. Revoked justification for family separation. This includes a task force to reunite families. [WH, 2/2/21]
63. Finalized deal for 200 million more vaccines. [NBC News, 2/11/21]
64. Issued executive order to promote access to voting. Within 200 days of the order, all agencies will need plans to increase access to voter registration and participation, as well as modernizing the Vote.gov portal. [CNN, 3/7/21]
65. Ensured everyone is counted in the census. [WH, 01/20/21]
66. Declared to agencies that gay and transgender youth are protectedunder civil rights law. This confirms that the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bostock decision applies to Title IX. [Department of Justice, 3/26/21]
67. Stopped the venting of methane needlessly into the atmosphere. This includes an immediate agency review of actions that have enabled the oil and gas industry to leak methane from their equipment and wells. [WH, 1/20/21]
68. Revised conservation standards to ensure building appliances are more efficient. [WH, 1/20/21]
69. Revoked Trump’s order sanctioning International Criminal Court officials. This move was applauded by human rights groups. [CNN, 4/02/21]
70. Made ethics pledge for administration staff. Among several requirements are a lobbyist gift ban, a revolving door ban, and a golden parachute ban. [WH, 01/20/21]
71. Moved up deadline for all adults to be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine to April 19. [CNN, 4/06/21]
72. Initiated modernizing regulatory review. This orders a “swift and effective” process that promotes “public health and safety, economic growth, social welfare, racial justice, environmental stewardship, human dignity, equity, and the interests of future generations.” [WH, 1/20/21]
73. Established presidential commission on the U.S. Supreme Court. [WH, 4/09/21]
74. Tripled the number of daily vaccinations. The daily rate was 1.1 million when Biden took office, and it reached 3.3 million within a few months. [POTUS Twitter, 4/14/21]
75. Punished Russia for cyberattacks on America. The administration also formally accused Russia of backing the massive SolarWinds hack of U.S. government and corporate computer systems.[Wall Street Journal, 4/15/21]
76. Acknowledged the Armenian genocide. [NPR, 4/24/21]
77. Imposed sanctions on Burma following coup. [AP, 2/10/21]
78. Reopened office of faith-based and neighborhood partnerships. [WH, 2/14/21]
79. Guaranteed an educational environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual orientation or gender identity. [WH, 3/08/21]
80. Established gender policy council in the White House. [WH, 3/08/21]
81. Signed $5 billion in relief for Black farmers impacted by decades of discrimination made worse during the pandemic. [NBC 4, 4/5/21]
82. Saved the pensions of more than 1 million retirees. Biden’s American Rescue Plan restored to financial health more than 100 failing pension plans covering more than 400,000 workers and their families. [Forbes, 3/12/21]
83. Issued executive order to promote access to voting. Within 200 days of the order, all agencies will need plans to increase access to voter registration and participation, as well as modernizing the Vote.gov portal. [CNN, 3/7/21]
84. Ensured everyone is counted in the census. [WH, 01/20/21]
85. Declared to agencies that gay and transgender youth are protectedunder civil rights law. This confirms that the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bostock decision applies to Title IX. [Department of Justice, 3/26/21]
86. Stopped the venting of methane needlessly into the atmosphere. This includes an immediate agency review of actions that have enabled the oil and gas industry to leak methane from their equipment and wells. [WH, 1/20/21]
87. Revised conservation standards to ensure building appliances are more efficient. [WH, 1/20/21]
88. Revoked Trump’s order sanctioning International Criminal Court officials. This move was applauded by human rights groups. [CNN, 4/02/21]
89. Made ethics pledge for administration staff. Among several requirements are a lobbyist gift ban, a revolving door ban, and a golden parachute ban. [WH, 01/20/21]
90. Moved up deadline for all adults to be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine to April 19. [CNN, 4/06/21]
91. Initiated modernizing regulatory review. This orders a “swift and effective” process that promotes “public health and safety, economic growth, social welfare, racial justice, environmental stewardship, human dignity, equity, and the interests of future generations.” [WH, 1/20/21]
92. Established presidential commission on the U.S. Supreme Court. [WH, 4/09/21]
93. Tripled the number of daily vaccinations. The daily rate was 1.1 million when Biden took office, and it reached 3.3 million within a few months. [POTUS Twitter, 4/14/21]
94. Punished Russia for cyberattacks on America. The administration also formally accused Russia of backing the massive SolarWinds hack of U.S. government and corporate computer systems.[Wall Street Journal, 4/15/21]
95. Acknowledged the Armenian genocide. [NPR, 4/24/21]
96. Imposed sanctions on Burma following coup. [AP, 2/10/21]
97. Reopened office of faith-based and neighborhood partnerships. [WH, 2/14/21]
98. Guaranteed an educational environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual orientation or gender identity. [WH, 3/08/21]
99. Established gender policy council in the White House. [WH, 3/08/21]
100. Signed $5 billion in relief for Black farmers impacted by decades of discrimination made worse during the pandemic. [NBC 4, 4/5/21]
101. Saved the pensions of more than 1 million retirees. Biden’s American Rescue Plan restored to financial health more than 100 failing pension plans covering more than 400,000 workers and their families. [Forbes, 3/12/21]

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Ok, so, tell me what exactly house Republican's are supposed to get done when anything common sense would be shot down by the Senate, or vetoed by the President?

How does it look to the voter when the Senate and President are blocking common sense legislation ? I don't expect common sense from Republicans anyway. The GOP is going to do the exact same shit Democrats have done endless investigations and wasting tax payer money.

 

[Catsnmeters]

I wouldn't be bragging about that shit. Spending taxpayer money to buy votes isn't something I'd brag about.

Why? Do you think Biden should put his name on stimulus checks?