BREAKING: RNC weighing Obama impeachment
Keith Farrell
Members of the Republican National Committee will consider a resolution that would urge House Republicans to begin impeachment proceedings for president Obama.
Michigan's RNC committeeman Dave Agema will introduce the resolution at the RNC's next meetings which will take place from January 13th-15th.
"It's simply asking our House of Representatives...to abide by their oath of office and accomplish what they should do," Agema said.
The resolution details 48 criminal charges, including executive actions on guns and immigration, Syrian refugees, and spying on congress.
"The way it works is one House of Representatives member puts in impeachment articles for the House and it starts the process," Agema said. "Recently, we didn't own the House and the Senate, but Republicans do now, and the purpose of it really is we're a nation of laws and separation of powers."
If the House introduces articles of impeachment, they would go to the Judiciary Committee, where 20 votes would be needed for the proceedings to continue – there are 23 Republicans on that committee. It would require 218 votes to pass the House, where there are 246 Republicans. Ultimately, the Senate would decide the president's fate, with two-thirds needed to remove him from office.
The articles, which were written by the North American Law Center, also list Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as co-conspirators.
"It lets the president, Obama, know that we're not going to put up with his ability to go around the Constitution. Secondly, it warns any future president that he doesn't have that right either, and it encourages the base to get involved," Agema concluded.
The North American Law Center made a Facebook post dispelling some of the most common critiques of impeachment:
January 8, 2016
Members of the Republican National Committee will consider a resolution that would urge House Republicans to begin impeachment proceedings for president Obama.Michigan's RNC committeeman Dave Agema will introduce the resolution at the RNC's next meetings which will take place from January 13th-15th.
"It's simply asking our House of Representatives...to abide by their oath of office and accomplish what they should do," Agema said.
The resolution details 48 criminal charges, including executive actions on guns and immigration, Syrian refugees, and spying on congress.
"The way it works is one House of Representatives member puts in impeachment articles for the House and it starts the process," Agema said. "Recently, we didn't own the House and the Senate, but Republicans do now, and the purpose of it really is we're a nation of laws and separation of powers."
If the House introduces articles of impeachment, they would go to the Judiciary Committee, where 20 votes would be needed for the proceedings to continue – there are 23 Republicans on that committee. It would require 218 votes to pass the House, where there are 246 Republicans. Ultimately, the Senate would decide the president's fate, with two-thirds needed to remove him from office.
The articles, which were written by the North American Law Center, also list Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as co-conspirators.
"It lets the president, Obama, know that we're not going to put up with his ability to go around the Constitution. Secondly, it warns any future president that he doesn't have that right either, and it encourages the base to get involved," Agema concluded.
The North American Law Center made a Facebook post dispelling some of the most common critiques of impeachment:
- We don't have the votes to impeach! – Why not, since we only need 20 of 23 Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee to advance Articles to the full House, only 218 of 247 House Republicans to Impeach in the House...no democrats needed until the Senate trial.
- The Senate won't convict! – We need 2/3 of the senators "present" at the end of the trial in order to convict and remove. The Senate is NOT a "legislative" body under legislative rules in the case of impeachment. They are a "criminal jury" operating under very strict Rules similar to any criminal jury. NO "co-conspirator" can sit on the jury.... How many Senators will be "present" at the end of the trial?
- We will get Joe Biden! – No... because Joe Biden was directly involved in every Obama crime, he is ineligible to succeed Obama to the Oval Office. Evidence presented in the Obama trial will demonstrate Biden's complicity, as well and that of Hillary Clinton.
- What about the Court of Public Opinion? – An impeachment trial must be aired on open TV for the nation and world to see. The court of public opinion is more important than the Senate Jury, who will be swayed by the Court of Public Opinion.
- Big donors don't matter, compared to the voters! – No matter how many millions a handful of GOP donors pour into the 2016 election – it will not result in votes in the election booth. Republicans must regain the faith of their voters, which they cannot do at this point without impeachment of President Obama!