NYT Columnist Brooks Says the GOP Is ‘Cheapening the Whole Impeachment Process’

BROOKS: It should be looked into. His dad was somewhat involved with some of the conversations, maybe only in small talk, but he was somewhat involved. We should know whether Hunter Biden’s business was a sham, pretending to pedal influence that he did not actually have. Or whether there was some substance to it. That merits an inquiry. It does not merit an impeachment. An impeachment should be 'holy cow', we should have some evidence of something truly shocking before we take the extraordinary step of impeachment inquiry or else we risk cheapening the whole impeachment process.

>> Republicans have failed to produce any evidence of wrongdoing. John Fetterman was asked about this inquiry in the halls of the U.S. Senate, and this was his response. Rep. Van drew: — sen. Fetterman: Oh my gosh, it is devastating. Don’t do it, please, don’t do it. Geoff: Setting aside the senator’s sartorial choices, the fact that he made fun of it, he is dismissing it in a cartoonish way, is that a mistake? Should Democrats take it seriously?

CAPEHART: Democrats absolutely should take this seriously. I get where the senator is coming from. To David’s point, there is no evidence here yet. If the Republicans were serious, the Oversight Committee and chairman Comer would be doing a serious investigation instead of a fishing expedition that they are on, so far finding nothing. That is why the senator is like, this is so scary, but on the other hand, impeachment is a big deal. The American people, whether they know there was evidence or not, are going to say, what, he is being impeached? This is terrible. This is what happens to terrible people who do terrible things, we don’t have any evidence of that at all. The Senator is reacting that way, the White House is not.