Rep. Mace Worries That Biden Impeachment Will Hurt ‘Moderate Republicans,’ Compromise Majority

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) told Fox News that an impeachment of President Biden as evidence of his involvement in his son’s multi-million-dollar business deals with foreign nationals could jeopardize the election prospects of “moderate Republicans” and compromise the party’s slim House majority.

“There are Republicans who are publicly expressing concerns, Congressman Ken Buck, one of them, about going down this trail,” said Fox News Sunda host Shannon Bream.  “Here’s what Politico says, McCarthy must placate his hard right critics whose support he’ll need in this week’s high stakes spending votes without alienating his most skittish members who face re-election on turf that Biden won. So, what about this issue of impeachment, is the party divided?”

“Well, I do believe we are, at this point, an inquiry is different from an impeachment vote and is another tool in the toolbox,” Mace replied. “But I will tell you, every time we walk the plank, we are putting moderate members, members that won Biden, won districts. We are putting those seats at risk for 2024. We are putting the majority at risk. And it’s not just impeachment that does that. Other issues, like abortion, et cetera, also put those members on the plank.”

“But the one thing I’ll say is this, is that whatever the evidence shows us, we ought to follow the facts, and we have to be better than Nancy Pelosi,” she continued. “Pelosi really politicized the impeachment process. We do not want to do that here. We have to show overwhelming, undeniable evidence in order to move this thing forward. And if we can’t, then we should not. But if we do, then we ought to use every tool in the toolbox to make sure the American people see it for what it is, and we can hold everyone accountable.”

Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace says that the impeachment against Biden might lol cost the GOP the House:

“We are putting moderate members, members that won Biden districts, we are putting those seats at risk for 2024.” pic.twitter.com/G6yuDIAx5A

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) July 30, 2023

It is unclear whether Mace will be more enthusiastic about impeachment proceedings after Hunter Biden’s longtime business partner, Devon Archer, testified before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday. Archer reportedly confirmed that then-Vice President Biden had at least 20 phone calls with his son’s business associates, something the president has repeatedly denied.

Archer’s testimony also revealed that “Burisma would have gone out of business sooner if the Biden brand had not been invoked. People would be intimidated to really mess with Burisma because of the Biden family brand.”

All but two Democrats voted for the first article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump in 2019. One of the dissenting members — Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey — soon defected to the Republican Party, where he remains today. The other, Rep. Collin Peterson, (D-MN), represented an overwhelmingly pro-Trump district at the time.

Both members were joined by one additional Democrat colleague, Jarden Golden of Maine, in voting against the second article.