Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) destroyed the GOP’s main Biden impeachment witness by posing a straightforward question.
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez inquired of Tony Bobulinski, “Did you see the president commit a crime? Is that what you're testifying to today? And what crime did you witness?”
Bobulinski responded, “How much time do I have to explain? It's simple. You specify the crime.”
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez asked, “Did you witness him stealing something?”
Bobulinski replied, “Corruption statutes, RICO and conspiracy.”
Ocasio-Cortez countered, “What is the crime? It's a set of crimes that you'd then be charged under. You have accusations. A long, extensive list of accusations. You have accusations. Sir, please specify.”
After Bobulinski couldn’t name a specific crime that he had witnessed President Biden commit, Ocasio-Cortez continued, “What we are witnessing today is a continuation of the 15-month Republican majority lost in the desert. Impeachment 101. The majority party, or whoever is pursuing impeachment, must accuse the president of a high crime, a particular high crime or misdemeanor.”
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.@AOC to Tony Bobulinski, " Did you witness the president commit a crime? Is it your testimony today? And what crime have you witnessed?"
Bobulinski couldn't actually name a crime. pic.twitter.com/G7Fz4us63i
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 20, 2024
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez noted that the impeachment investigation resolution does not specify any high crime or misdemeanor.
House Republicans do not have any high crime or misdemeanor against Joe Biden. The House Oversight Committee majority and their main witness cannot name anything that President Biden has done that is an impeachable offense.
The Republican majority on the committee speaks in vague generalities and conspiracies, but what they don’t have is a specific impeachable act of presidential misconduct or any evidence of an impeachable offense.
The Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are stumbling around in the dark, and hoping that if they say enough ominous sounding things without presenting any evidence, they will be able to trick the country into falling for an empty impeachment.
The GOP scheme didn’t work yesterday. It hasn’t worked for the previous 15 months, and it won’t work for as long as they continue to try to fool the country into falling for a bogus impeachment.
