GOP pol: House could impeach president

By: Ginger Gibson, Politico.com
August 12, 2013 01:26 PM EDT

Rep. Blake Farenthold thinks the House of Representatives has the votes to impeach President Barack Obama in response to an inquiry about the authenticity of the president’s birth certificate, but said at a town hall meeting he doesn’t think it would be the best approach.

“A question I get a lot, ‘If everybody is so unhappy with the president, why don’t you impeach him?’” Farenthold, a Texas Republican, said at a town hall meeting Saturday according to a video posted on YouTube. “I’ll give you a real frank answer about that, if we were to impeach the president tomorrow, we would probably get the votes in the House of Representatives to do it.”

His office did not dispute the authenticity or accuracy of the video. Members of Congress headed home earlier this month for a monthlong recess, a period in which they often hold meetings with constituents that in recent years have produced YouTube video fodder.

Farenthold’s declaration came after a woman, who cannot be seen on the video, presents a folder to Farenthold that she says contains proof that Obama’s birth certificate was faked.

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