Rep. Katie Porter suggested Donald Trump will have his demise, and that he could die of a heart attack.
“Soon Trump will lose, or go to prison, or I don’t know, have a heart attack. I don’t know what his demise is going to be, but he’ll have his demise” – Rep Katie Porter
Nothing to see here.. just an elected Rep @RepKatiePorter wishing for a political opponent to go to prison or… pic.twitter.com/B41GriyytM
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The House Oversight Committee was recently scheduled to hear more testimony in the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Wednesday. However, even one Newsmax host expressed his skepticism about how much farther Republicans could take it via Mediaite.
Newsmax host Rob Finnerty welcomed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) on his show to ask him about what he expected to hear. At the same time, he pressed Jordan on the likelihood that a vote would even come to the floor:
Finnerty: So, is this moving? Again, seven and a half months to go until the election — is impeachment the next step? Are you going to hold a vote on the House floor? I know it’s up to [House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)], but the margins, Congressman, you lost [Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)]. [Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO)] left last week. [Rep. George Santos (R-NY)] was ousted. Unless you get Democratic votes, this is going to be real tough. So, it kind of seems like you’re chasing your tail at this point because this is not going to go anywhere.
Jordan: No, fair question. And we got a, you know, we got a small majority. Everyone understands that not just on this issue but on a host of issues. Our job is under the Constitution is to do oversight of the executive branch. We are doing that. We’re going to continue to do that. There’s no time limit in the Constitution on how long you can do an investigation. Our job is to get the facts.
There are other people we need to talk to. We need to talk to these two lawyers who were part of the Hunter Biden, investigation under David Weiss. And Justice Department won’t let us talk to them. So we’re pushing that issue. We need to talk, we need to re-talk to Lesley Wolf, who was the key person in David Weiss’s office who who ran the Hunter Biden investigation. These are people that are important for us to get a chance to depose and ask questions.
So we’re going to do our work, and then we don’t have a timeline. We don’t have a specific outcome we’re trying to get to. Our job is to do our job, and the Constitution says the legislative branch, the Congress, does oversight, it’s part of our duty. We’re going to do it, and we’re going to get the facts for the American people.
Finnerty noticed that he didn’t get an answer to his question so he pushed again:
Finnerty: I get that, but the timeline really is the next seven and a half months, because if Joe Biden gets reelected on November the 5th, it’s all for naught. Do you see this ever hitting the floor for a vote?
Jordan: Again, we’ll have to see where the conference is when we when we have all the facts. I think we’re going to put together some kind of report at some time laying out all the facts, and then we’ll have to make a decision. But our job is to gather the facts as part of our constitutional duty to do oversight. We are now in an official impeachment inquiry. So it’s even more focused. We’re going to we’re going to do that, do our duty, do our job.
