The new 46th United States President, Joe Biden took the oath of office on Wednesday and quickly got to work after his predecessor Donald Trump left the White House.
The Democrat has already put the pandemic at the top of his list of challenges he faces in his administration’s early days, including rebuilding a devastated economy and addressing racial injustice.
But Mr Biden may be facing a bigger threat from his opposition in just hours of starting his new role.
Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said she has filed articles of impeachment against the new President.
I just filed Articles of Impeachment on President @JoeBiden. pic.twitter.com/mcwEEkKiHL
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) January 21, 2021
Posting a video on social media, she told her followers: “I’ve just filed articles of impeachment on President Joe Biden.
“We’ll see how this goes.”
Ms Greene has made no secret of her support for Mr Trump during his term as President.
The congresswoman claimed that he lost the US election to Mr Biden due to voter fraud.
My statement on introducing Articles of Impeachment against President @JoeBiden: pic.twitter.com/1mq7QRBbTX
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— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) January 21, 2021
She was also recently blocked from using Twitter after the Capitol attack on January 6 for violating the rules of use by minimising Mr Trump’s role in the violence, while also attacking Black Lives Matter protests last year.
She said: “He has held over 600 rallies in the last four years and none of them included assaulting police, destroying businesses or burning down cities.”
Ms Greene previously claimed that Mr Biden should be impeached for an alleged abuse of power.
TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that some Republican senators also on Friday said the new U.S. president was making serious errors from his first day in office.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell accused Joe Biden of taking “several big steps in the wrong direction” on his first day in office, suggesting the new administration should focus on “creating good-paying American jobs, not sacrificing our people’s livelihoods to liberal symbolism.”
Speaking from the Senate floor, the minority leader said the new president should “remember that he does not owe his election to the far left.”
Among the first actions of the Biden administration were executive orders aimed at tackling the COVID-19 crisis, rejoining the Paris Climate Accord and protecting gay and transgender people from discrimination in workplaces, schools and other areas.