Watch: McCarthy Spars With CNN Reporter Over Why He ‘Changed’ His Position on Impeachment
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is facing questions about why he chose to direct the launch of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden without a vote. Earlier this month, McCarthy told Breitbart he would…
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is facing questions about why he chose to direct the launch of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden without a vote.
Earlier this month, McCarthy told Breitbart he would not launch an impeachment inquiry without a House vote, which would require 218 Republicans to back the move.
But on Tuesday, he announced he was directing committees to begin such proceedings without a vote.
CNN’s Manu Raju confronted McCarthy on Wednesday about “what changed.”
The House speaker shot back, “You know what’s interesting to me? You are a reporter for CNN, correct? I just laid out to you a lot of allegations…”
“Why did you change your word?” Raju interjected.
McCarthy argued former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) “changed the precedent” in 2019 when she directed the launch of the first impeachment inquiry against Trump without a vote.
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The top Republican proceeded to lay out a series of allegations against Biden.
Still, Raju pressed him on the lack of a vote, and McCarthy shot back, “Why don’t you ask the other questions ?”
“I’m curious why you changed your position,” Raju stated.