CNN’s Jim Acosta Torpedoes Republicans Over Biden Impeachment With Mean Girls Zinger

CNN anchor Jim Acosta torpedoed congressional Republicans trying to connect President Joe Biden to wrongdoing despite being unable to provide any evidence, using a famous quote from the film Mean Girls.

Ahead of Wednesday’s closed-door Hunter Biden testimony — scheduled after Hunter tried to crash a public hearing to testify several weeks ago — CNN correspondent Paula Reid. had a characteristic exchange with impeachment ramrod Rep. James Comer (R-KY).

On Wednesday’s edition of CNN Newsroom, Reid shared her reporting with Acosta:

ACOSTA: Yes. Paula, I mean, this impeachment inquiry is on thin ice right now after that key FBI informant was charged with lying, as Shan was just talking about. He has a trial scheduled for April. But a lot of this today is going to be kind of a fishing expedition, it sounds like.

REID: Yes. And we did have the opportunity. Some Republican lawmakers did come over here to the mics to field questions from reporters, including Chairman Comer. And we pressed him, I pressed him, others pressed him on exactly what evidence he has to directly link President Biden to the allegations at the center of this impeachment inquiry.

I believe we have that sound. If we do, we should take a listen to his response.

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REID: Chairman, you could say the Bidens, suggesting that includes President Biden. But what evidence do you have directly linking President Biden beyond a dinner, a letter of coffee and some appearances on speakerphone? It keeps saying the Bidens. We’re talking about the President Biden specifically. What evidence do you have that you’re confident on this (INAUDIBLE)?

REP. JAMES COMER (R-KY): We have two checks. Again, I don’t cite Politico very often, but they ran a good story that, for some reason, Politico didn’t put on their morning link, but it was about the AmeriCorps Health, $200,000 payment Joe Biden received directly from an influence peddling. There’s no question about it. Joe Biden received two payments.

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REID: A little bit muffled there, but you can see in response to our question, what specific evidence do you have linking President Biden, either before his office or now, to his son’s foreign business dealing or in any way benefiting from influence peddling? And he pointed to two checks. Of course, one of them is a $200,000 check from his brother, repayment from a loan. It’s about there is no evidence that they have presented, no clear and direct evidence connecting President Biden to influence peddling or corruption.

Comer did come and take questions. He was pressed repeatedly. And there is, again, no direct evidence that they have presented, nothing that clearly connects President Biden to influence peddling or corruption. And that’s what they’re going to try to use today’s hearing to get from his son. But, again, this investigation has been going on for a long time and they still have not been able to present the evidence.

ACOSTA: Yes. I mean, they’re kind of trying to make fetch happen, it seems. I mean, you know, Shan, you know, help me out here. I mean, Paula asked them for evidence just now. There’s no evidence.

At some point, don’t they have to have — or I guess you could just sort of shamelessly keep doing this. But at some point, there has to be evidence for you to say that there’s evidence.

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