Lauren Boebert is trying to impeach President Joe Biden. The White House calls it a stunt.

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., introduced articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden over his handling of the southern border Tuesday evening.

Boebert, a member of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus, brought the impeachment articles to the floor as a privileged resolution to force a vote on the matter later this week. She is seeking to impeach Biden for his administration's immigration policies.

In a speech on the House floor, Boebert said Biden's handling of the southern border demonstrates that he has "acted in a manner grossly incompatible with the rule of law."

"The American people can no longer be subjected to a President who refuses to secure our borders," Boebert wrote in a tweet. "He is not fit to remain as Commander in Chief."

White House spokesperson Ian Sams dismissed Boebert's decision to bring articles of impeachment against Biden as a stunt that distracts from working for her constituents.

"Instead of working with @POTUS on the issues that matter most to Americans, like jobs and inflation and health care, extreme House Republicans are staging baseless political stunts that do nothing to help real people, just to try to get attention for themselves," Sams wrote on Twitter.

Republicans have frequently targeted the Biden administration over the southern border, but until now they have mostly focused their ire on Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. House Republicans launched an investigation into Mayorkas' handling of the border last week.

Boebert introduced the articles of impeachment against Biden just hours after his son, Hunter Biden, struck a deal with the Justice Department to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and participate in a pretrial program to resolve a firearm offense. Many Republicans have criticized the plea deal as being too lenient.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has also pledged to force votes on her efforts to impeach Biden. Greene is also seeking to impeach Mayorkas, FBI Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves.

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