House Speaker McCarthy Announces Impeachment Inquiry Into President Biden, Carville Calls It a “Very Stupid Idea

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced on Tuesday that the House Republicans would begin an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. The inquiry is intended to seek bank records and other documents from the Bidens. Longtime Democratic political consultant James Carville responded to the announcement by saying he was actually “happy” about it.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pushed back on McCarthy’s statement that he opened the impeachment inquiry without a full House vote, citing her own precedent in 2019 when she opened an inquiry into then-President Donald Trump. McCarthy had initially said he wouldn’t open an inquiry without a House vote, but his announcement on Tuesday marked a flip-flop.

Carville called the impeachment inquiry a “very stupid idea” and mocked two of the Republicans, Reps. James Comer (Ky.) and Jim Jordan (Ohio), as “borderline stupid.” He said he was “happy” about the inquiry because he wanted to let the American public see how “nonexistent” the case is that the president did anything wrong.

The impeachment inquiry is the latest development in the GOP-led investigations into the Bidens. It is unclear how long the inquiry will take or what the outcome will be. However, the inquiry is sure to draw attention and scrutiny from both sides of the aisle.