House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is losing support among his GOP colleagues over his handling of the Biden impeachment probe, with some declaring the inquiry chocks up to a “clueless investigation” at best and a “disaster” at worst.
“One would be hard pressed to find the best moment for James Comer in the Oversight Committee,” one House Republican lawmaker, speaking anonymously to protect relationships, told The Messenger. “It’s been a parade of embarrassments.”
As the 2024 presidential election draws closer, Comer’s impeachment investigation is nearing its conclusion with no hard-hitting accusations to level against President Joe Biden. More than a dozen Republican lawmakers, senior aides and strategists told The Messenger that how little the probe has accomplished has whittled down the faith they had in the Kentucky Republican.
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“James Comer continues to embarrass himself and House Republicans. He screws up over and over and over,” a source close to GOP leadership told The Messenger. “I don’t know how Republicans actually impeach the president based on his clueless investigation and lack of leadership.”
Comer’s back and forth with Hunter Biden over the president’s son sitting for a closed-door deposition in the investigation was a common example of such “embarrassments.”
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Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., also told the outlet that Republicans have privately complained about the committee’s last hearing. “Republicans believe the Oversight Committee has been a complete failure in all these theatrical hearings that never deliver on their promise,” Moskowitz said, explaining that after the last hearing Republican committee members told him it “was a complete debacle for them.”
“This is why we shouldn’t pick our chairman based on how much money they raise,” another member told Moskowitz, according to the Florida Democrat.
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