McCarthy says he told Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene he disagreed with his articles of impeachment against Biden

House Minority Leader Kevin mccarthyKevin McCarthy McCarthy backs Cheney who stays in charge as she asks him to step down 12:30 p.m. report from The Hill: Biden takes over at COVID Biden inauguration marked by conflict of hope and fear MORE (R-Calif.) Said he spoke with Rep. Marjorie Greene (R-Ga.) About his efforts to move articles of impeachment against newly inaugurated President Biden.

In an interview with Greta Van Susteren, McCarthy said he didn’t agree with the first-term lawmaker’s efforts to oust Biden, but that she had the right to pursue impeachment.

“I called her. I didn’t agree with that. That’s exactly what the Democrats did with President TrumpIranian leader vows ‘revenge’, posting Trump-like image Former Sanders spokesperson: Biden ‘pulls out’ from ‘populist offers’ Justice Department to investigate sudden departure of US lawyer in Atlanta after Trump criticism MORE, and why we didn’t agree with when they wanted to prosecute him for purely political reasons, ”McCarthy said. “I think Republicans are better than that. This is one of the arguments we used against Democrats, and I don’t think we should be using it either. “

“She has the right, as an elected member of Congress to submit them,” he added, “I just don’t think the time and the case are right now, right now.”

Greene’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.

Georgia’s lawmaker said on Thursday – the first full day of the Biden administration – that she had filed the arraignments of impeachment.

The text of the articles was not immediately available, but she hinted that they were accusing Biden of abusing his power while he was vice president by allowing his son, Hunter Biden, to serve on the board of administration of a Ukrainian energy company.

“President Joe bidenJoe BidenRev. Barber says the best way to undermine extremism is to be honest Biden demands that international travelers be quarantined upon arrival in the United States. Biden Calls for Five-Year Extension of Key Arms Control Pact with Russia | Two more U.S. service members killed by COVID-19 PLUS is unfit to exercise the function of presidency. His model of abuse of power as President Obama’s vice president is long and disturbing. President Biden has demonstrated that he will do whatever it takes to bail out his son, Hunter, and line his family’s pockets with money from corrupt foreign energy companies, ”Greene said in a statement.

Biden has denied that his son’s stance influenced policy-making during the Obama administration, and an investigation into the matter by Senate Republicans did not reveal any wrongdoing by either. the other from Biden.

Greene’s announcement on Thursday came after the House voted last week to impeach then-President Trump, making him the first president in history to be impeached twice.

The intervention of the top House Republican comes as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle seek to lower the political temperature after the violent January 6 riot on Capitol Hill that resulted in the deaths of several people.

Greene has been causing a sensation on Capitol Hill since taking the oath earlier this month. Her candidacy gained national attention after it was revealed that she had made comments in support of QAnon’s extravagant conspiracy theory, and she used her time in Washington to expose the masks and promote contested claims that the presidential election was marred by widespread fraud.