Watch House Republicans criticize Democrats for the impeachment inquiry vote that they demanded

Washington Post logoJust over an hour after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) formally launched the impeachment inquiry of President Trump last month, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) responded.

“I realize 2016 did not turn out the way Speaker Pelosi wanted it to happen. But she cannot change the laws of this Congress,” McCarthy said. “She cannot unilaterally decide for an impeachment inquiry.”

McCarthy’s argument and that of numerous House Republicans over the weeks that followed was simple: Pelosi could not declare that the House had begun an impeachment inquiry without first voting to authorize it.

View the complete October 31 article by JM Rieger on The Washington Post website here.