Texas Sen. Ted Cruz believes there is a possibility that Republicans in the House of Representatives could try to impeach President Joe Biden after the 2022 midterm elections.
“I do think there’s a chance of that. Whether it’s justified or not … the Democrats weaponized impeachment. They used it for partisan purposes to go after Trump because they disagreed with him,” Cruz said on his podcast, referring to former President Donald Trump.
Cruz was asked about impeachment proceedings under the condition the GOP wins control of the House after the 2022 midterm elections. On several occasions in the interview, Cruz scolded Democrats for, in his view, using impeachment proceedings in recent years as a “tool in the partisan war chest.”
Articles of impeachment have been passed by the House multiple times over the past 40 years, including twice against Trump and once against President Bill Clinton. Neither president was subsequently removed from office by the Senate.
It’s worth noting that Cruz is not a member of the House, the chamber of Congress that would start impeachment proceedings. It isn’t clear whether Cruz’s thoughts have merit with potential members of the House, but impeachment requires a simple majority vote, which is 50% plus one more.
The comments come as a recent USA Today/Suffolk University Poll detailed that 51% of Americans are “very worried” about the future of America’s democracy in the wake of the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol.
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