Florida Rep. Cory Mills Files Impeachment Articles Against Joe Biden Over Refusing Israel Support

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House Representative Cory Mills (R-FL), on Friday, formally filed articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden, citing the President's refusal to supply arms and munitions to Israel.

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Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., formally filed articles of impeachment against President Biden on Friday over his recent comments about withholding offensive weapons aid to Israel, drawing parallels to House Democrats' first impeachment of former President Trump.

The first-term House Republican told Fox News Digital it was his "constitutional duty" to do so.

His legislative text, first obtained by Fox News Digital, accuses Biden of "abuse of power" and charges that he tried to force Israel into changing its own defense policies by leveraging lethal aid.

Representative Mills released a statement, also on Friday:

"In violation of his oath to faithfully execute the office of President and to uphold the Constitution, President Biden abused the powers of his office by soliciting a 'quid pro quo' with Israel while leveraging vital military aid for policy changes. This egregious action not only compromised the credibility of the United States but also undermined the interests of our longstanding ally, Israel. Therefore, President Biden's conduct warrants impeachment, trial, removal from office, and disqualification from holding any future office under the United States," Mills said in a statement.

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The impeachment filing comes after statements made by the President on Thursday:

Biden made the high-stakes ultimatum to Israel's government in a CNN interview that aired Wednesday night as it prepares for a ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The city is currently home to more than a million Palestinians who left other parts of the Gaza Strip, where Israel has conducted its mission to eradicate the terrorist group Hamas.

Biden said Israel would continue to see U.S. support for its defensive systems, like the Iron Dome, in the CNN interview. He added, however, that "if they go into Rafah, I'm not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities, that deal with that problem."


Previously on RedState: Report: 'Operation Hide Joe Biden' Takes a Troubling Turn After Pathetic Speech on Pro-Hamas Protests 

Biden Once Again Tells Netanyahu 'Don't' Invade Rafah Without Giving Us Your Plans First


This filing is largely a symbolic gesture. The Republican majority in the House of Representatives is hair-thin; the success of this impeachment effort would require every single Republican to vote in the affirmative, as the impeachment process in the House requires only a simple majority. In the Senate, however, a two-thirds vote is required for conviction, and it's not only impossible to achieve that two-thirds majority in the Democrat-controlled Senate, it is likely that the issue would be round-filed on arrival, as was the case with the Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment effort. Impeachment is a difficult process by design, and the narrow majorities in both houses make it, at present, effectively impossible.

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