Boehner says no to impeachment

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Wednesday said he doesn’t support calls from members of his party to impeach President Obama.

Asked about former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s comments that Obama should be impeached over the influx of child migrants illegally crossing the border, Boehner said, “I disagree.”

{mosads}Then asked about members of the House GOP who have also urged for impeachment, Boehner repeated, “I disagree.”

Palin called for Obama’s impeachment on Tuesday in an op-ed for Breitbart News.

“The many impeachable offenses of Barack Obama can no longer be ignored,” she wrote. “If after all this he’s not impeachable, then no one is.”

A number of House Republicans have also called for Obama’s impeachment, including Reps. Lou Barletta (Pa.), Kerry Bentivolio (Mich.), Paul Broun (Ga.), Michael Burgess (Texas), Blake Farenthold (Texas), Michele Bachmann (Minn.) and Louie Gohmert (Texas).

But many Republicans are wary of the calls, worried they could hand Democrats a compelling issue that might help the party retain its majority in the Senate during a tough election year.

The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton backfired badly on the GOP in 1998, when Democrats against odds picked up seats in the House.

The House is expected to vote later this month on a lawsuit against Obama for his use of executive actions. Boehner said at the weekly House GOP press conference that he was considering including Obama’s action on immigration in the House GOP lawsuit.

Palin mocked the lawsuit in an interview Monday on Fox News.

“You don’t bring a lawsuit to a gunfight. There is no place for lawyers on the frontline. Where are the front lines in America? They are our borders,” she said.

This story was updated at 4:07 p.m.