Sen. Joni Ernst said her comments suggesting Republicans could move to impeach Biden if he were elected president were “taken out of context.”
WASHINGTON – Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said Monday that her comments suggesting Republicans could move to impeach former Vice President Joe Biden over Ukraine if he were elected president were “taken entirely out of context.”
On Monday, Ernst walked back her comments when speaking to reporters. “The point is that the Democrats have lowered the bar so far,” she said. “Regardless of who it is, if you have a different party in the House than that of an elected president, you could have just random comments thrown out there with folks saying, ‘We’re going to impeach.'
Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said, however, that threats such as Ernst’s were “irresponsible.”When asked about the issue, Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said he had not heard Ernst's comments but said he hopes the standard for impeachment rises. “There is a reason the standard is so high and the bar is so high, and Democrats have violated them this year, and I hope this is a lesson to all of us," he said.
Story continues"She just reinforces everything that was the reason why the president was being impeached: They very much don’t want to face me, obviously," Biden told the Register. "I’ve never seen a sitting president and his allies this frightened about who may be the nominee."
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