Who Thinks President Obama Will Be Impeached? The White House
Don't dismiss the possibility of the House of Representatives bringing
articles of impeachment against President Obama, senior White House
adviser Dan Pfeiffer said today.
"I think a lot of people in this town laugh that off," Pfeiffer said at a
breaking with reporters in Washington hosted by the Christian Science
Monitor. "I would not discount that possibility. I think that Speaker
[John] Boehner, by going down this path of this lawsuit, has opened the
door to Republicans possibly considering impeachment at some point in
the future."
He went on to say that the executive actions being considered by the
White House on immigration would probably “up the likelihood” of
impeachment, making the point that lawmakers such as Sen. Ted Cruz,
R-Texas, already have said the president is violating the law with his
unilateral moves on immigration.
Pfeiffer noted that the House is set to file a formal lawsuit next week
against the president over his executive actions. While the idea of
impeachment is only being discussed by the likes of Sarah Palin -– and
very few elected lawmakers –- that could change.
He went on to say that the White House views the lawsuit as “validation”
of its “year of action” strategy, saying of executive actions: “If they
were small-ball, the Republicans would not be suing over them.”
Asked whether impeachment would be good for the president, Pfeiffer said: “No, I don’t think so.”
Boehner, who has publicly ruled out impeachment, responded in a statement through his spokesman.
"We have a humanitarian crisis at our border, and the White House is
making matters worse with inattention and mixed signals,” Boehner
spokesman Michael Steel said in a statement. “It is telling, and sad,
that a senior White House official is focused on political games, rather
than helping these kids and securing the border."
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