A Brief History of GOP Calls for Obama's Impeachment, From Benghazi to Bergdahl

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A Brief History of GOP Calls for Obama's Impeachment, From Benghazi to Bergdahl
Allen West is hardly alone.

EMMA ROLLER NATIONAL JOURNAL
JUN 3, 2014

Allen West wants President Obama to be impeached over the Taliban prisoner swap.
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Here's a short rundown of other White House scandals ( or "scandals" ) that have led Republicans to call for Obama's impeachment (and for the full list, Wikipedia has you covered):

• In 2010, Rep. Darrell Issa said Obama could face impeachment after Rep. Joe Sestak claimed the White House offered him a job to prevent him from challenging Arlen Specter in a primary.

• In 2011, Rep. Michael Burgess told a local Tea Party group that Obama's impeachment "needs to happen," without specifying why.

• In 2012, Sen. Jon Kyl said "impeachment is always a possibility" over Obama's immigration policies.

• Last May, Rep. Jason Chaffetz said he was not pushing for impeachment, but didn't rule out that Obama could be kicked out of office over the Benghazi affair.

• In 2013, Sen. Tom Coburn told the audience at a town-hall meeting that Obama was getting "perilously close" to qualifying for impeachment. Coburn's fellow Oklahoma senator, James Inhofe, agreed.

• In 2013, Rep. Kerry Bentivolio said his legislative dream would be to impeach Obama.

• During the debt-ceiling crisis, Rep. Louie Gohmert told an interviewer that defaulting on the U.S. government's debt would be an "impeachable offense."

• While Sen. Ted Cruz has demurred on calls for Obama's impeachment in the past, but has called it "a good question" and "a question for the House to assess."

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[Nitram]

1. I don't know how many of you know that Judicial Watch scammed right wingers by constantly promising

impeachment of Obama was just around the corner, as a means of raising money by direct mail solicitations. My Dad was a right wing Fox watcher who really believed they were going to impeach Obama at any moment, and kept sending them money until the day he died..

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2. K&R

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3. K&R