Joe Biden jokes that Republicans may impeach him because inflation is starting to cool down
- The White House has focused on promoting ‘Bidenomics’, even as the US president’s opponents threaten to investigate him over his son Hunter’s financial dealings
- Biden’s remarks came as he signed an executive order that would encourage companies to manufacture new inventions in the US
US President Joe Biden – buoyed by new signs the economy is continuing on the upswing – took a swipe on Friday at House Republicans’ flirtations with an impeachment inquiry, quipping that the rival party’s lawmakers may decide to impeach him because inflation is cooling down.
Standing in a textile manufacturing facility in Auburn Biden pointed to inflation statistics that showed the US has the lowest rate of price increases among the world’s biggest economies.
Though he was careful to say he was not taking a victory lap on the economy, Biden suggested that his Republican opponents in Congress may need to find a fresh line of attack against him because of improving economic circumstances.
“Maybe they’ll decide to impeach me because it’s coming down,” Biden said. “I don’t know. I’d love that one.”
Earlier this week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made his most direct remarks yet that Republican lawmakers could launch an impeachment inquiry into Biden over unproven claims of financial misconduct related to Hunter Biden, the president’s son.
However, the California Republican has acknowledged privately that it is too soon to know whether the president was aware of – much less involved in – his son’s financial dealings in a way that would rise to the level of impeachable conduct.