Washington: Agencies
US President Joe Biden described the Republican-led House of Representatives' vote to formalize an investigation aimed at impeaching him as a "baseless political ploy."
The American Al-Hurra satellite channel quoted Biden in a statement published by the White House on Thursday, shortly after the vote, saying: “Instead of doing anything to help improve the lives of Americans, the Republicans are focusing on attacking me with lies, instead of doing their job.” “On urgent work to be done, they are choosing to waste time on this baseless political stunt, which even Republicans in Congress admit is not supported by the facts.” According to what was reported by the Middle East News Agency on Thursday and published by the Youm7 website in Cairo
The American President referred to the issues of the economy, the southern border, Ukraine, and Israel in the statement, where he said that “Republicans in Congress will not move to provide assistance regarding them,” stressing the need to pay attention to addressing the economic conditions in the country, and said: “We need to continue our progress in the economy and ensure that the decline continues.” Inflation and continued job growth.
He added, "To avoid self-inflicted economic crises such as a government shutdown, which is what Republicans in Congress are pushing us to do in a few weeks because they will not act now to fund the government and the critical priorities of making life better for the American people."
It is noteworthy that the US House of Representatives (Congress) voted to formalize an investigation aimed at impeaching the US President by a majority of 221 votes to 212.