Gaetz toldpodcast on Monday that launching impeachment inquiries into the president is a bigger priority than policy or legislation.
His comments come as Republican support for impeaching Biden may be growing ahead of crucial midterms where the GOP is widely expected to take the House, though may struggle to retake theGaetz, who represents Florida's 1st district, suggested to Bannon that a Republican-controlled House could carry out impeachment investigations even without the support of the Senate.
Rep. Matt Gaetz speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida on February 26, 2022. Gaetz has said opening impeachment inquiries into President Joe Biden will be a priority for the GOP.
"And we can do that without the Senate and without the White House. And that's why it should be investigations first, policy, bill-making to support the lobbyists and the PACs as a far, far diminished priority," he said. Poll tracker FiveThirtyEight's election forecasting model gives the GOP a 70 percent chance of winning the chamber, while bookmakers are offering significantly better odds onOddschecker's most popular bet on the House majority gives the GOP odds of 2/5 on being in control, while Democrats have odds of 5/2. The odds of no majority are 50/1.