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Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina said Sunday she believes there is “pressure” for House Republicans to act to impeach President Joe Biden if they win control of the chamber after the midterm elections.
“I think there’s pressure on Republicans to bring it up and have that vote,” Mace told NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press” when asked if he envisions impeachment proceedings if his party wins the control of the Chamber. “I think that’s what some people are considering.”
But the freshman lawmaker added, “If that happens, I think it’s divisive.”
Mace did not mention the source of the alleged pressure and was not asked to detail who is considering the move.
Asked Sunday how he would vote if it came to an impeachment vote, Mace said: “I will not vote to impeach any president if I think due process has been stripped away, for anybody. I usually vote constitutional , regardless of who is in power.”
CNN reported earlier this year that hardliners in the House Republican Conference were agitating to start impeachment proceedings against Biden if the GOP takes power after the midterms, a move that GOP leaders have so far declined.
House Republicans are also planning to retaliate against the select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, uprising, CNN has reported. Former President Donald Trump has leaned heavily on his allies on Capitol Hill to defend him against a series of damaging revelations about his role in the deadly attack on the US Capitol. And as Republicans look for ways to undermine those findings, their party has begun laying the groundwork to investigate the Jan. 6 panel itself. Some of Trump’s fiercest acolytes have also begun publicly pushing for hearings and investigations into his unsubstantiated claims of fraud in the 2020 election.
While House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has promised aggressive oversight and investigations in a GOP-led House, it’s unclear how far he would be willing to go when it comes to Jan. 6 and of the 2020 presidential elections.
Mace, who flipped a Charleston-area seat in 2020, voted to certify Biden’s victory in the presidential election, earning Trump’s ire. Faced with accusations of insufficient loyalty to the former president, she fended off a Trump-backed primary challenge but ended up winning by 8 points in her June primary.
Mace told NBC that she was “very hopeful” to see “a deep bench of Republicans and Democrats running for president” in 2024. But she left the door open to possibly endorsing Trump again if he were the nominee. GOP in the 2024 presidency. .
“I will support whoever the Republicans nominate on the 24th,” he said.