Sen. Ted Cruz has said there are “multiple grounds” for impeaching President Biden if Republicans achieve a majority in the House following the 2022 midterm elections, warning “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander” after Democrats twice impeached former President Donald Trump.
“If we take the House, which I said is overwhelmingly likely, then I think we will see serious investigations of the Biden administration,” Cruz (R-Texas) said during the most recent episode of his podcast “Verdict with Ted Cruz,” which dropped Dec. 31.
When asked about the possibility of impeaching the president, Cruz said, ”I do think there’s a chance of that.”
“Whether it’s justified or not, Democrats weaponized impeachment,” the senator added.
“They used it for partisan purposes to go after Trump because they disagreed with him. One of the real disadvantages of doing that is, the more you weaponize it and turn it into a partisan cudgel, you know, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander,” Cruz went on.
According to Cruz, one potential justification for impeachment proceedings would be the “utter lawlessness” of Biden’s refusal to solve the border crisis and his decision to “defy immigration laws.”
In response Tuesday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki suggested: “Maybe Senator Cruz can work with us on getting something done on comprehensive immigration reform and putting in place measures that will help make sure smart security is what we see at the border, taking a more humane approach to the border instead of name calling, accusation-calling and making predictions of the future.”
Elsewhere in the podcast, Cruz estimated that Republicans have a 90 percent chance of winning back the House and a 50 percent chance of regaining the Senate.
“What’s interesting is, in Washington, everybody assumes Republicans are going to win,” he said. “I think all the Democrats assume we’re going to take the House. It’s almost baked into the cake of how everyone handles decision-making.”
However, Cruz said, Republicans are facing a “bad map” in the Senate, where 20 GOPers are defending their seats.
“We have more vulnerable Republican seats up in the Senate than Democrat seats, so we’ve got to have a few things bounce right,” he said. “If we take the Senate, I hope we see the Senate engaging similarly in real oversight with teeth.”
A group of House Republicans in September filed articles of impeachment against Biden over his handling of the immigration crisis as well as the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio), who spearheaded the effort, said Biden violated his oath of office.
The Democrat-controlled House voted to impeach Trump for the first time in December 2019 on articles of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over allegations that he tried to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to announce an investigation into then-presidential candidate Biden.
No Republicans voted for impeachment.
Trump was impeached for the second time last January on a charge of incitement of insurrection in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. On that occasion, 10 Republicans crossed the aisle to vote for impeachment.
The Senate voted to acquit Trump both times.
