Ben Shapiro admits that Republicans alleged no high crime or misdemeanor against Secretary Mayorkas, still says he would vote for impeachment
Shapiro: “To be fair to the Republican congresspeople who voted against impeaching Alejandro Mayorkas, no high crime or misdemeanor was actually alleged”
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Citation From the February 7, 2024, edition of The Daily Wire's The Ben Shapiro Show
BEN SHAPIRO (HOST): OK, meanwhile, speaking of the consequence of having a very narrow House majority, yesterday, the House voted on impeaching Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security. Now, to be fair to the Republican congresspeople who voted against impeaching Alejandro Mayorkas, no high crime or misdemeanor was actually alleged. OK? So there are some members of the House who argued against Donald Trump's impeachment, including Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin. He's a really good representative. I know Mike. I like Mike. Mike Gallagher voted against impeaching Mayorkas. Why? Because he said, listen, I voted against Donald Trump's impeachment because no crime was alleged. Here no crime is alleged, so I'm also voting against impeachment. Now, the reason I would have voted for impeachment if I were in the House and the reason why I think it was good that people voted for impeachment is because impeachment is obviously a political tool. Right? Impeachment has obviously become a political tool. Trump was impeached twice without any serious high crime or misdemeanor even being charged in the impeachment documents. And so, now that that's what it is, everybody's fair game. Because if the rules apply one way for Democrats and another way for Republicans, then there are no rules. No double standards. OK. So if impeachment is a political tool, then it should be a political tool all the way. And then we can make a deal, and we'll go back to status quo ante, where you'll only get impeached for actual impeachable offenses. But until then, you cross the line, and we'll treat it just like a political remedy.