Home Depot co-founder: Congress should have been investigating coronavirus instead of impeaching Trump A co-founder of Home Depot claimed that Congress was too distracted with the impeachment of President Trump when it "should have been investigating" the coronavirus when it first appeared in China. “I could tell you this: This whole country was tied up for 2 1/2 months on the impeachment. And nobody in Congress was doing what they had to do," Bernie Marcus said Monday morning on Fox Business. "Their eyes were not on where it should have been. They should have been investigating what was happening — this pandemic had started [in] China." Congressional Republicans suggested last week that Trump was also distracted by his impeachment when the coronavirus first began spreading.  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/home-depot-co-founder-congress-should-have-been-investigating-coronavirus-instead-of-impeaching-trump