Democrats may face big defeat in critical mid-term parliamentary elections. The Republican Party intends to regain control of both houses of Congress in November.

If President Joe Biden's party suffers such a defeat, everything could end with his impeachment.. A number of Republicans have already made it clear that if they get a majority in Congress, they will launch this process, writes Newsweek.. In January, Senator Ted Cruz said there were " And House Republican Ken Buck said in April that the House Judiciary Committee " We will vote to impeach. And then the decision will be presented to the entire House of Representatives..

A poll conducted by the University of Massachusetts in May showed that 68% of Republicans and 66% of conservatives want Biden's impeachment after the Republican Party takes control of the lower house of Congress.. At the same time, 53% of Republicans polled are convinced that the party will definitely launch this process against the US president..

Newsweek recalls that for this it will be enough for a simple majority in the House of Representatives to vote for the corresponding decision.. But the president can only be removed from office if two-thirds of the members of the Senate support this decision.. This have not happened before. And Republicans are unlikely to have enough seats in 2023. However, President Donald Trump has been impeached twice, in 2020 and 2021.. And both times the Senate acquitted him. Therefore, nothing will prevent the Republican Party in the House of Representatives from voting for the impeachment decision, despite the fact that there is no chance for a real impeachment of the president.. Experts told Newsweek that the Republicans can launch a process against Biden, but they will pay a heavy price for it..

polarized chamber.

University of Westminster Center for Democracy Studies professor John Owens told Newsweek that Democrats can still retain control of both houses of Congress in November's election.. However, he admitted that if the Republicans take control of at least one of them, they are likely to try to impeach Biden.. This is especially true of the scenario if they get the majority of seats in the House of Representatives.. Because the “Great Lies” will get even more presence in the “Republican House of Representatives Conference”, making it even more polarized..

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Newsweek explains Owens is referring to Republicans backing Trump's baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election was allegedly rigged. If the Democrats retain control of the Senate, although they lose the lower house of Congress, then any effort to impeach Biden could look like an attempt to "

“Impeachment is increasingly becoming a routine of hyper-politicized dynamics in Washington rather than being a tool to be used on the very rare occasions when there are the most egregious wrongdoings,” the expert explained..

He doubts that the Republican Party will be able to take control of the entire Congress.

“If they don’t have a Senate, then any impeachment becomes pretty pointless, if you don’t take into account attempts to earn points and humiliate the administration,” he said, adding, however, that the Trumpists could win over the “establishment” Republicans..

“I suspect that the second of them, while not opposed to committees investigating various aspects of Biden’s activities, from the Hunter Biden episode in Ukraine to more political issues, Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy are unlikely to want to jeopardize the party’s prospects in the 2024 elections..

Republicans in the House of Representatives have already signaled that they would like to launch an investigation into various issues, including some episodes of Hunter Biden's business, and the decision to withdraw the US army from Afghanistan.. Potentially, these investigations could be grounds for impeachment..

Political harm.

While Biden's impeachment may seem like an attractive prospect to some Republicans, in reality it could have a political cost to them.. Thomas Gift, founder of the Center for American Politics at University College London, told Newsweek that there is a big gulf between what a small group of right-wingers in the Republican Party promise to do and what the party's leaders really stand for if they manage to regain control of Congress..

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“Without evidence against the president, colder heads will definitely prevail, otherwise impeaching Biden would be bad policy.”. Voters will then see this move for what it really is: a blatant abuse of power, a pathetic attempt to avenge Trump’s two impeachments, and a distraction,” Gift explained..

However, Robert Singh noted that it is not known how much Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy will be able to control "