Retired Congressman Fred Upton says Republican efforts to impeach President Joe Biden are dead on the vine.
Speaking to CNN Wednesday, Upton said revelations that former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov passed bad information to House Republicans regarding Hunter Biden’s business dealings effectively kill the impeachment inquiry.
“I think they got ahead of their skis,” Upton said. “I really do. They didn’t have the evidence. It was a reluctant group of Congress to move forward and now I think almost a nail in the coffin.”
Not all of what Upton said was good for Biden. Upton was asked if polls in Michigan should have Democrats worried.
“Yeah, they should be worried. Trump won Michigan, narrowly — 12,000 votes or so back in 2016. He lost it by 154,000 in 2020. The polls show that Trump is up by 8, to 10 points.”
Upton said the Palestinian issue is hurting Biden in Michigan.
Turning to Trump, Upton called it ridiculous that the former president compared himself to Russian dissident Alexei Navalny.
As far as Congress, Upton said it’s become a do-nothing body with a total of only 39 public laws approved so far. He noted many of them are related to minor issues like honorary names for post offices. With many important issues waiting for action, Upton said “they’ve got to get the job done.”
